Sapling herbivory, invertebrate herbivores and predators across a natural tree diversity gradient in Germany's largest connected deciduous forest

Oecologia

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-288

  Sobek, Stephanie ^a,c   Scherber, Christoph ^a   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^b   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversity functioning relationships; Leaf damage; Mines; Multitrophic interactions; Plant animal interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DECIDUOUS FOREST; GALL; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; LEAF AREA; MINE; NATURAL ENEMY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATOR; SAPLING; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ACER; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEECH; BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GERMANY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE;

ACER; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FAGUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GERMANY; INSECTS; LINEAR MODELS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; ANIMALIA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 67349089530     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1304-2     Document Type: Article

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