Plant species richness in montane grasslands affects the fitness of a generalist grasshopper species

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1083-1091

  Unsicker, Sybille B ^a,b   Alexandra, Franzke ^a,c   Juliane, Specht ^a   Günter, Köhler ^a   Jeanine, Linz ^a,b   Carsten, Renker ^d   Claudia, Stein ^e   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz   (Germany)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chorthippus parallelus; Extensively managed montane grasslands; Fecundity; Germany; grasshoppers; Plant community composition; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; GENERALIST; GRASSHOPPER; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MOUNTAIN REGION; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

GERMANY;

CHORTHIPPUS PARALLELUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77951177070     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0402.1     Document Type: Article

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