Effects of Alien plants on insect abundance and biomass: A food-web approach;Efectos de plantas ex'oticas sobre la abundancia y biomasa de insectos: Un enfoque de red alimenticia

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 410-419

  Heleno, Rúben H ^a,b   Ceia, Ricardo S ^b   Ramos, Jaime A ^b   Memmott, Jane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Biodiversity; Biological invasions; Exotic plants; Food webs; Laurel forest; Parasitoid; Seed herbivore

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOENERGETICS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PARASITOID; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 62549166202     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01129.x     Document Type: Article

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