Evidence for the enemy release hypothesis in Hypericum perforatum

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 474-479

  Vilà, Montserrat ^a   Maron, John L ^b   Marco, Laia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Herbivory; Natural enemies hypothesis; Plant invasions; St John's Wort

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HERBIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EUROPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPERICUM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; EUROPE; HYPERICUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OREGON; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; INSECTA;

EID: 12944270301     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1731-z     Document Type: Article

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