Effects of nutrients and parasitism on the density of a salt marsh planthopper suppressed by within-trophic-level interactions

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 642-649

  Moon, Daniel C ^a   Stiling, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Competition; Parasitoid; Stem borer; Top down

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FERTILIZER; FIELD SURVEY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARASITISM; PLANTHOPPER; POPULATION DENSITY; SALTMARSH; STEM BORER; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845643722     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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