Tree species diversity influences herbivore abundance and damage: Meta-analysis of long-term forest experiments

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-298

  Vehviläinen, Harri ^a   Koricheva, Julia ^b   Ruohomäki, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associational resistance; Associational susceptibility; Herbivore guild; Long term forest experiment; Plant insect interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GUILD; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; META-ANALYSIS; MONOCULTURE; MOTH; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; META ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

AGROMYZIDAE; ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; HEXAPODA; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 34248225821     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0673-7     Document Type: Article

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