Total annual seed loss on a perennial legume through predation by insects: The importance of within-season seed and seed feeder dynamics

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 414-425

  Van Klinken, Rieks D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Bruchidae; Egg parasitoids; Habitat; Legumes; Phenology; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INSECT; LEGUME; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITOID; SEED PREDATION; WEED CONTROL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; DESMODIUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PARKINSONIA ACULEATA; USCANA;

EID: 21444437835     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01483.x     Document Type: Article

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