Predator biodiversity strengthens herbivore suppression

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 789-796

  Snyder, William E ^a   Snyder, Gretchen B ^a   Finke, Deborah L ^a   Straub, Cory S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphid; Complementarity; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem service; Over yielding; Parasitoid; Predator

Indexed keywords

APHID; BIODIVERSITY; HERBIVORE; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BRASSICA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BRASSICA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

APHIDIDAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 33745092386     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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