Antagonistic interactions between plant competition and insect herbivory

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1490-1498

  Schädler, Martin ^a   Brandl, Roland ^a   Haase, Josephine ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antagonistic interactions; Aphids; Insect herbivory; Plant competition; Plantago lanceolata; Poa annua; Rhopalosiphum padi; Trifolium repens

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; APHID; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NITROGEN; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POA; POA ANNUA; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; MALE; NITROGEN; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547640643     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0647     Document Type: Article

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