Long-term effects of ungulates on phytophagous insects

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-234

  Gómez, José M ^a   González Megías, Adela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical competition; Erysimum mediohispanicum; Incidental predation; Phytophagous insects; Population dynamics; Ungulate insect interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRANIVORY; GUILD STRUCTURE; HERB; HOST PLANT; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED PREDATION; SURVIVAL; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; UNGULATE;

ERYSIMUM; ERYSIMUM MEDIOHISPANICUM; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33947654431     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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