Competition, facilitation, and compensation for insect herbivory in an annual salt marsh forb

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2046-2052

  Rand, Tatyana A ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atriplex patula var. hastata; Compensation; Competition; Facilitation; Insect herbivory; Salt marsh; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SALTMARSH;

ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX PATULA; INSECTA; JUNCUS;

EID: 4444230117     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-3087     Document Type: Article

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