Spatial variation in top-down direct and indirect effects on white oak (quercus alba L.)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-179

  Barber, Nicholas A ^a   Marquis, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERBIVORE; PREDATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; HEXAPODA; QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 67650945426     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-162.1.169     Document Type: Article

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