Effect of plant species loss on aphid-parasitoid communities

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 709-720

  Petermann, Jana S ^a,c   Müller, Christine B ^a   Weigelt, Alexandra ^b,d   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^b   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity effects; Bottom up control; Herbivores; Multi trophic interactions; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; APHID; BIODIVERSITY; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITOID; PHYTOMASS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; WASP;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; WASP;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BIODIVERSITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PLANTS; WASPS;

APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 77953968439     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01674.x     Document Type: Article

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