Beneficial effects of flower-dwelling predators on their host plant

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 446-457

  Romero, Gustavo Q ^a   Vasconcellos Neto, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Direct and indirect effects; Floral herbivory; Phytophage assemblage; Plant fitness; Pollination; Seed predators; Southeastern Brazil; Thomisid spider; Tri trophic interactions; Trichogoniopsis adenantha

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HOST PLANT; POLLINATION; SEED PREDATION; SPIDER; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ASTERACEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MISUMENOPS ARGENTEUS; THOMISIDAE; TRICHOGONIOPSIS ADENANTHA;

EID: 1542379072     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0327     Document Type: Article

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