Spatially structured herbivory and primary succession at Mount St Helens: Field surveys and experimental growth studies suggest a role for nutrients

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 398-409

  Fagan, William F ^a   Bishop, John G ^b   Schade, John D ^c  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Lupine; Mount St Helens; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Primary succession

Indexed keywords

FIELD SURVEY; HERBIVORY; LEGUME; PRIMARY SUCCESSION;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT SAINT HELENS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ANIMALIA; CHRISTIA; GELECHIIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LUPINUS; LUPINUS LEPIDUS;

EID: 3943084917     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2004.00616.x     Document Type: Review

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