Host plant population size determines cascading effects in a plant-herbivore-parasitoid system

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-200

  von Zeipel, Hugo ^a   Eriksson, Ove ^a   Ehrlén, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actaea spicata; Cascade; Eupithecia immundata; Hypothesis of exploitation ecosystems; Metapopulation; Plant fitness; Seed predation; Tritrophic; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ACTAEA SPICATA; EUPITHECIA IMMUNDATA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 33645733861     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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