Experimental evidence for apparent competition in a tropical forest food web

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6980, 2004, Pages 310-313

  Morris, Rebecca J ^a   Lewis, Owen T ^b   Godfray, H Charles J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMMUNITIES; POPULATION DENSITIES;

FORESTRY;

APPARENT COMPETITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; INSECT; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

APPARENT COMPETITION; ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORY; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATURAL ENEMY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PARASITISM; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; ANIMAL; ASTERACEAE; BEETLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGROMYZIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; BEETLES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DIPTERA; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECTS; PARASITES; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 1642586298     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02394     Document Type: Article

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