Seed availability and insect herbivory limit recruitment and adult density of native tall thistle

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3081-3093

  Russell, F Leland ^a   Rose, Karen E ^b   Louda, Svata M ^c  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical approximation; Cirsium; Ecosystem productivity; Insect herbivory; Nebraska; Population dynamics; Seed limitation; Tall thistle; Tallgrass prairie; USA

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; WATER;

ADULT; BIOMASS; DICOTYLEDON; HERBIVORY; INSECT; INSECTICIDE; JUVENILE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRAIRIE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VALLEY; WATER STRESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRSIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CIRSIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEEDS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ALTISSIMUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77957724735     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1101.1     Document Type: Article

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