Invasive insect abundance varies across the biogeographic distribution of a native host plant

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 877-890

  Rand, Tatyana A ^a,b   Louda, Svata M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Biological control; Cirsium canescens; Herbivory; Insect invasion; Insect plant interactions; Nontarget effects; Plant conservation; Rhinocyllus conicus; Spillover predation; Weed control

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST PLANT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WEED CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CIRSIUM; GEOGRAPHY; PARASITOLOGY; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; CIRSIUM; GEOGRAPHY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; WEEVILS;

CARDUUS; CARDUUS NUTANS; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM CANESCENS; INSECTA; RHINOCYLLUS CONICUS;

EID: 33746031022     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0877:IIAVAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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