Among population variation in specialist and generalist seed predation - The importance of host plant distribution, alternative hosts and environmental variation

Oikos

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-46

  Östergård, Hannah ^a   Ehrlén, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST PLANT; SEED PREDATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIALIST;

APION; BRUCHUS ATOMARIUS; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS VERNUS;

EID: 26444480253     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13902.x     Document Type: Article

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