Linking biogeography and community ecology: Latitudinal variation in plant-herbivore interaction strength

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2310-2319

  Pennings, Steven C ^a   Silliman, Brian R ^b,c  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gastropods; Grasshoppers; Interaction strength; Latitude; Plant herbivore interactions; Salt marsh; Spartina; Top down effects

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SALTMARSH;

CONOCEPHALUS SPARTINAE; GASTROPODA; LITTORARIA IRRORATA; MELAMPUS BIDENTATUS; ORCHELIMUM; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 23944455808     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1022     Document Type: Article

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