Increased susceptibility to enemies following introduction in the invasive plant Silene latifolia

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 813-820

  Wolfe, Lorne M ^a   Elzinga, Jelmer A ^b   Biere, Arjen ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aphid; Biological invasion; Brachycaudus populi; Common garden; Enemy release hypothesis; Fruit predation; Hadena bicruris; Microbotryum violaceum; Pathogen infection; Silene latifolia

Indexed keywords

APHID; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; NATURAL ENEMY; PLANT DEFENSE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

APHIDIDAE; BRACHYCAUDUS; HEMIPTERA; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 4444241423     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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