Patch size effects are more important than genetic diversity for plant-herbivore interactions in Brassica crops

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-306

  Hambäck, Peter A ^a   Björkman, Maria ^a   Hopkins, Richard J ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delia radicum; Diadegma; Intercropping; Intraspecific diversity; Patch size; Plutella xylostella

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; INTERCROPPING; MOTH; PARASITISM; PATCH SIZE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DELIA RADICUM; DIADEGMA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 77953657627     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01186.x     Document Type: Article

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