Effects of aphid-tending Argentine ants, nitrogen enrichment and early-season herbivory on insects hosted by a coastal shrub

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-191

  Altfeld, Laura ^a   Stiling, Peter ^b  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccharis halimifolia; Linepithema humile; Myrmecophily; Nitrogen limitation; Plant insect interactions; Trirhabda bacharidis

Indexed keywords

ANT; APHID; BEETLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MYRMECOPHILY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SHRUB;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APHIDIDAE; ASTERACEAE; BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS HALIMIFOLIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DOLICHODERINAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; TRIRHABDA BACHARIDIS;

EID: 58349111733     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9223-4     Document Type: Article

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