Plant characteristics associated with natural enemy abundance at Michigan native plants

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 878-886

  Fiedler, A K ^a   Landis, D A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biological control; Habitat management; Native plant; Natural enemy; Plant characteristics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORE; MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLOWER; INSECT; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; INSECTS; MICHIGAN; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 34548173939     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[878:PCAWNE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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