Additive effects of aboveground and belowground herbivores on the dominance of spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe)

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 701-712

  Knochel, David G ^a   Monson, Nathan D ^b   Seastedt, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Compensation; Herbivory; Nutrient limitation; Plant competition

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COMPENSATION; DOMINANCE; FOREST COVER; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOMASS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RANGELAND; SOIL NUTRIENT; WEED;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CENTAUREA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CENTAUREA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT ROOTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; WEEVILS;

NORTH AMERICA;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA STOEBE; CYPHOCLEONUS ACHATES; HEXAPODA; LARINUS MINUTUS;

EID: 77957977139     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1708-z     Document Type: Article

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