Interactions between cottonwood and beavers positively affect sawfly abundance

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 294-297

  Bailey, Joseph K ^a,b   Whitham, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver; Herbivores; Populus; Sawfly; Trait mediated indirect effects

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FLY; HERBIVORY; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RIPARIAN FOREST; RODENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTORIDAE; POPULUS;

EID: 33746239348     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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