Temporal and geographic variation in predispersal seed predation on Hibiscus moscheutos L. (Malvaceae) in Ohio and Maryland, USA

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 286-295

  Klips, Robert A ^a   Sweeney, Patricia M ^a   Bauman, Elisabeth K F ^a   Snow, Allison A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; CONOTRACHELUS; CURCULIONIDAE; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTOS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE;

EID: 26944501604     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)154[0286:TAGVIP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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