Ecological consequences of shelter sharing by leaf-tying caterpillars

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-53

  Lill, John T ^a,b   Marquis, Robert J ^a   Walker, Melissa A ^a   Peterson, Lauren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beech; Ecosystem engineer; Indirect interactions; Insect herbivore; Leaf tie; Lepidoptera; Oecophoridae; Parasitoid; Pseudotelphusa; Psilocorsis cryptolechiella; Psilocorsis quercicella; White oak

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; FITNESS; HERBIVORE; LEAF; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SHELTER; SURVIVAL;

ARTHROPODA; FAGACEAE; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; OECOPHORIDAE; PSEUDOTELPHUSA; PSILOCORSIS; PSILOCORSIS QUERCICELLA; QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 34250636400     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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