Intensity of pre-dispersal seed predation in the invasive legume Leucaena leucocephala is limited by the duration of pod retention

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 310-318

  Raghu, S ^a,b   Wiltshire, C ^a   Dhileepan, K ^a  

^a The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthoscelides macropthalmus; Biological control; Intraseasonal variation; Leucaena leucocephala; Plant herbivore interaction; Predator escape; Seed germinability; Seed predation intensity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; LEGUME; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED PREDATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ACANTHOSCELIDES; ACANTHOSCELIDES MACROPHTHALMUS; BRUCHINAE; INSECTA; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 20444364881     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01475.x     Document Type: Article

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