Causes behind insect folivory patterns in latitudinal gradients

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 367-369

  Björkman, Christer ^a   Berggren, Åsa ^a   Bylund, Helena ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate; Herbivory; Plant herbivore interactions; Temperature; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENTOMOLOGY; INSECT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79951609004     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01707.x     Document Type: Article

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