Impact of an invasive oak gall wasp on a native butterfly: A test of plant-mediated competition

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3284-3293

  Prior, Kirsten M ^a   Hellmann, Jessica J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynipids; Erynnis propertius; Gall forming insect; Induced defenses; Interspecific competition; Invasive species; Neuroterus saltatorius; Plant insect interactions; Plant mediated interactions; Quercus garryana; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

PPFIA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

BIOMASS; BUTTERFLY; INDUCED RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE EXPANSION; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEPIDOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEPIDOPTERA; WASPS;

CYNIPIDAE; CYNIPINI; ERYNNIS; HEXAPODA; NEUROTERUS; PAPILIONOIDEA; QUERCUS GARRYANA;

EID: 78249281050     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1314.1     Document Type: Article

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