Invertebrate herbivory along a gradient of plant species diversity in extensively managed grasslands

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-246

  Unsicker, Sybille B ^a   Baer, Nadine ^a   Kahmen, Ansgar ^b   Wagner, Markus ^c   Buchmann, Nina ^b,d   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Insect herbivores; Spiders; Transplants; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLOVER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANTAGO; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; PLANTAGO; PLANTS; SPIDERS; TRIFOLIUM;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 33750202648     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0511-3     Document Type: Article

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