Resource dilution effects on specialist insect herbivores in a grassland biodiversity experiment

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 234-240

  Otway, Stuart J ^a,b   Hector, Andy ^a,c   Lawton, John H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF DEFENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BIODEPTH project; Host plant abundance; Plant diversity; Resource concentration; Specialist insect herbivores

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 16244363372     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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