Fire effects on insect herbivores in an oak savanna: The role of light and nutrients

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 754-761

  Kay, Adam D ^a   Schade, John D ^b   Ogdahl, Megan ^c   Wesserle, Eleonore O ^c   Hobbie, Sarah E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Carbon quality; Ecological stoichiometry; Herbivory; Leaf chemistry; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Plant insect interactions; Quercus

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; INSECT; METABOLITE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; POPULATION GROWTH; SAVANNA; SURVIVORSHIP;

CORYTHUCHA; HEXAPODA; QUERCUS; TINGIDAE;

EID: 36448992633     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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