Invasive plant architecture alters trophic interactions by changing predator abundance and behavior

Oecologia

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 549-558

  Pearson, Dean E ^a,b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Community assembly; Preadaptation; Predator prey interactions; Trait mediated indirect interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD CHAIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; SPIDER; SUBSTRATE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VEGETATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOOD CHAIN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PREDATION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; PLANTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ARANEAE; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; DICTYNA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 60449099198     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1241-5     Document Type: Article

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