Apparent competition can compromise the safety of highly specific biocontrol agents

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 690-700

  Carvalheiro, Luisa G ^a   Buckley, Yvonne M ^b,c   Ventim, Rita ^a   Fowler, Simon V ^d   Memmott, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Biological control; Bitou; Herbivory; Mesoclanis polana; Native communities

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATIVE SPECIES; WEED CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FLY; FOOD CHAIN; HYMENOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; DIPTERA; FOOD CHAIN; HYMENOPTERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEEDS;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MESOCLANIS POLANA;

EID: 44649098142     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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