Experimental plant invasion reduces arthropod abundance and richness across multiple trophic levels

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1553-1562

  Simao, M Carolina M ^a   Flory, S Luke ^b   Rudgers, Jennifer A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARNIVORE; GRASS; HERBIVORE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM; PHALACRIDAE;

EID: 77956643792     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18382.x     Document Type: Article

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