Herbivores and edaphic factors constrain the realized niche of a native plant

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 754-762

  Lau, Jennifer A ^a,b   McCall, Andrew C ^a,c   Davies, Kendi F ^a,d   McKay, John K ^a,e   Wright, Jessica W ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^f PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Collinsia sparsiflora; Ecological niche modeling; Ecotypes; Herbivory; Indirect effect; Local adaptation; Niche, serpentine soils; Path analysis; Plant insect interaction

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOTILE;

DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOTYPE; HERBIVORY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NICHE BREADTH; PATH ANALYSIS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SERPENTINE; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; INSECTS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

COLLINSIA SPARSIFLORA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 42249084755     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0591.1     Document Type: Article

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