Differences between resource patches modify root herbivore effects on plants

Plant and Soil

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 235-246

  Stevens, Glen N ^a,b   Pierson, Dustin R ^a   Nguyen, Kim ^a   Jones, Robert H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grubs; Heterogeneity; Nutrient patches; Root foraging; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; LARVA; MANURE; PATCH DYNAMICS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL PROPERTY; YIELD RESPONSE;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; COLEOPTERA; PINUS VIRGINIANA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 34447338573     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9313-6     Document Type: Article

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