Grasshopper herbivory affects native plant diversity and abundance in a grassland dominated by the exotic grass Agropyron cristatum

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-96

  Branson, David H ^a   Sword, Gregory A ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crested wheatgrass; Generalist herbivore; Grasshoppers; Indirect effects; Plant community

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSHOPPER; HERBIVORY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 58149508294     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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