Insect herbivore stoichiometry: The relative importance of host plants and ant mutualists

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 497-502

  Abbot, Patrick ^a   Grinath, Josh ^b,c   Brown, Julia ^a,d   Peeden, Emily ^a   Erickson, Dan ^a,b   Billick, Ian ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Bottom up; Herbivore; Mutualism; Nitrogen; Spatial scale; Stoichiometry; Top down

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; HOST QUALITY; MUTUALISM; NITROGEN; STOICHIOMETRY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

FORMICA OBSCURIPES; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; MEMBRACIDAE; PUBLILIA MODESTA;

EID: 64549101703     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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