Demographic models reveal the shape of density dependence for a specialist insect herbivore on variable host plants

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 722-729

  Miller, Tom E X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan desert; Narnia pallidicornis; Plant insect interactions; Population dynamics; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHAPE; SPECIALIST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; MERISTEM; OPUNTIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECTS; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPUNTIA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

CACTACEAE; HEXAPODA; NARNIA PALLIDICORNIS; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA IMBRICATA;

EID: 34250790169     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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