Neither the devil nor the deep blue sea: Larval mortality factors fail to explain the abundance and distribution of Tischeria ekebladella

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-356

  Gripenberg, Sofia ^a   Roslin, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Insect herbivore; Leaf miner; Metapopulation dynamics; Natural enemies; Oak; Parasitism; Premature leaf abscission; Quercus robur; Top down and bottom up factors; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEEP SEA; HERBIVORE; LARVA; LEAF; LEAFMINER; METAPOPULATION; MORTALITY; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WASP; WILD POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AGROMYZIDAE; AVES; HEXAPODA; QUERCUS ROBUR; TISCHERIA EKEBLADELLA;

EID: 43049122758     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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