Scale-dependent mechanisms in the population dynamics of an insect herbivore

Oecologia

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 278-288

  McGeoch, Melodie A ^a,b   Price, Peter W ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance structure; Gall; Plant vigour hypothesis; Preference hierarchy hypothesis; Preference performance hypothesis

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES; WILLOW;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; ENVIRONMENT; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYMENOPTERA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SALIX;

EUURA LASIOLEPIS; INSECTA; SALIX;

EID: 23844548947     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0073-9     Document Type: Article

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