Variation in herbivore damage to invasive and native woody plant species in open forest vegetation on Mahé, Seychelles

Biological Invasions

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 511-521

  Dietz, Hansjörg ^a   Wirth, Lea R ^a   Buschmann, Holger ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

enemy release hypothesis; environmental gradient; insect herbivory; island invasion; leaf damage; tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MAHE; SEYCHELLES;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 4544374757     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BINV.0000041566.23330.60     Document Type: Article

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