Variation in plant quality and the population dynamics of herbivores: There is nothing average about aphids

Oecologia

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-204

  Helms, Sandra E ^a   Hunter, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Plant quality; Plant insect interactions; Population dynamics; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

APHID; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOOD QUALITY; HERBIVORE; HOST QUALITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BAYES THEOREM; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

APHIDIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 27444435391     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0060-1     Document Type: Article

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