Herbivore release through cascading risk effects

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 773-776

  Schmidt Entling, Martin H ^a   Siegenthaler, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Araneae; Auchenorrhyncha; Conservation biological control; Predation risk; Trait mediated effect; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EMIGRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERBIVORE; MEADOW; PLANTHOPPER; PREDATION RISK; PREY CAPTURE; SPIDER; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CICADELLIDAE; LINYPHIIDAE; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 70449652605     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0436     Document Type: Article

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