Effects of resource availability on tolerance of herbivory in the invasive Alternanthera philoxeroides and the native Alternanthera sessilis

Weed Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 527-536

  Sun, Y ^a,b,c   Ding, J ^a   Frye, M J ^d  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b CABI   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator weed; Biological control; Herbivory; Interactions; Invasive species; Resource availability; Sessile joyweed; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HERBIVORY; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYTOMASS; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TOLERANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WEED; WEED CONTROL;

ALLIGATOR; ALTERNANTHERA PHILOXEROIDES; ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78049445568     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2010.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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