Tree diversity reduces herbivory by forest insects

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 835-848

  Jactel, Hervé ^a   Brockerhoff, Eckehard G ^b  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b Ensis   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Forest; Herbivory; Insect; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HERBIVORY; HOST SPECIFICITY; INSECT; META-ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FORESTRY; INSECT; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FORESTRY; INSECTS; TREES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 34547414442     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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