Negative per capita effects of two invasive plants, lythrum salicaria and phalaris arundinacea, on the moth diversity of wetland communities

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-243

  Schooler, S S ^a,c   McEvoy, P B ^a   Hammond, P ^a   Coombs, E M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community structure; Environmental impact; Exotic plant; Herbivore; Introduced alien plant; Lepidoptera; Moth; Non indigenous species; Per capita impact; Weed

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANGIOSPERM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASS; HERBIVORE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOTH; PLANT COMMUNITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

LEPIDOPTERA; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LYTHRACEAE; MOTH; PHALARIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IDAHO; LYTHRUM; MOTHS; OREGON; PHALARIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 69249221689     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485308006251     Document Type: Article

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