Plant water stress and its consequences for herbivorous insects: A new synthesis

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1383-1398

  Huberty, Andrea F ^a   Denno, Robert F ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding guild; Meta analysis; Outbreak dynamics; Phytophagous insects; Plant stress hypothesis; Stress induced plant physiology; Turgor pressure; Vote counting analysis; Water stressed plants

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORE; INSECT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER STRESS;

AGROMYZIDAE; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 4444223701     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0352     Document Type: Article

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