Climate affects predator control of an herbivore outbreak

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 754-762

  Preisser, Evan L ^a   Strong, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Community regulation; ENSO; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HERBIVORY; PREDATOR CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LUPIN; MOTH; NEMATODE; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; FOOD CHAIN; LUPINUS; MOTHS; NEMATODA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEPIALUS; HEPIALUS CALIFORNICUS; HETERORHABDITIS MARELATUS; LEPIDOPTERA; LUPINUS; LUPINUS ARBOREUS;

EID: 2642584142     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383620     Document Type: Article

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