Tree diversity promotes insect herbivory in subtropical forests of south-east China

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 917-926

  Schuldt, Andreas ^a   Baruffol, Martin ^b   Böhnke, Martin ^c   Bruelheide, Helge ^c   Härdtle, Werner ^a   Lang, Anne C ^a   Nadrowski, Karin ^d   von Oheimb, Goddert ^a   Voigt, Winfried ^e   Zhou, Hongzhang ^f   Assmann, Thorsten ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

BEF China; Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Gutianshan; Resource concentration; Succession; Trophic interactions; Zhejiang

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; HOST SPECIFICITY; INSECT; LEAF AREA; SHRUB; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND DYNAMICS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUCCESSION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHINA; GUTIAN MOUNTAIN NATURE RESERVE; ZHEJIANG;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954710855     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01659.x     Document Type: Article

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