Testing the enemies hypothesis in forest stands: The important role of tree species composition

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-97

  Riihimäki, Janne ^a   Kaitaniemi, Pekka ^b   Koricheva, Julia ^a   Vehviläinen, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biological control; Epirrita autumnata; Forest pests; Mixed forest; Predation

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MIXED FOREST; MONOCULTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; LARVA; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPIDER; SURVIVAL; TREE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREES;

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; BETULA; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; FORMICIDAE; ILEX VERTICILLATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 11944265056     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1696-y     Document Type: Article

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