Consequences of omnivory for trophic interactions on a salt marsh shrub

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1714-1722

  Ho, Chuan Kai ^a   Pennings, Steven C ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Armases cinereum; Food web; Herbivory; Iva frutescens; Omnivory; Ophraella notulata; Paria aterrima; Predation; Salt marsh; Top down bottom up; Trophic cascade; Uroleucon ambrosiae

Indexed keywords

APHID; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CRAB; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORY; OMNIVORY; PREDATION; SALTMARSH; SHRUB; SPIDER; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAPELO ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; ARMASES; ARMASES CINEREUM; ARTHROPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; IVA; IVA FRUTESCENS; OPHRAELLA NOTULATA; PARIA; UROLEUCON AMBROSIAE;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BRACHYURA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIDER; WEIGHT GAIN; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; ASTERACEAE; BRACHYURA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; SPIDERS; WEIGHT GAIN; WETLANDS;

EID: 54549092594     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1069.1     Document Type: Article

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