Rapid recovery of an insect-plant interaction following habitat loss and experimental wetland restoration

Oecologia

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-69

  Watts, Corinne H ^a,b   Didham, Raphael K ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Habitat loss; Peat mining; Rate of recovery; Sporadanthus ferrugineus

Indexed keywords

HABITAT RESTORATION; HERBIVORY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RESEARCH; WETLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEW ZEALAND; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT STEM; TIME;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEW ZEALAND; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

BATRACHEDRA; COLEOPHORIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; RESTIONACEAE; SPORADANTHUS FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 33646487503     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0344-5     Document Type: Article

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