The effects of plant diversity and insect herbivory on performance of individual plant species in experimental grassland

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 922-931

  Scherber, Christoph ^a   Milcu, Alexandru ^b,c   Partsch, Stephan ^b   Scheu, Stefan ^b   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Mixed effects models; Multitrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; INSECTICIDE; MORTALITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

INSECTA; POACEAE; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSA;

EID: 33746777324     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01144.x     Document Type: Article

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