Native, insect herbivore communities derive a significant proportion of their carbon from a widespread invader of forest understories

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 721-724

  Bradford, Mark A ^a   DeVore, Jayna L ^b   Maerz, John C ^b   McHugh, Joseph V ^c   Smith, Cecil L ^c   Strickland, Michael S ^b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enemy release hypothesis; Exotic species; Grass invasion; Grasshoppers; Hardwood forests; Herbivory; Invertebrate herbivores; Japanese stilt grass; Microstegium vimineum; Nepalese browntop

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD WEB; FUTURE PROSPECT; GRASSHOPPER; GUILD; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; MONOCOTYLEDON; NATURAL ENEMY; UNDERSTORY;

UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM;

EID: 77952240574     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9480-x     Document Type: Article

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