Trophic-level responses differ at plant, plot, and fragment levels in urban native forest fragments: A hierarchical analysis

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-250

  Schnitzler, Franz Rudolf ^a,b   Hartley, Stephen ^a   Lester, Philip J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Geometridae; Habitat Fragmentation; Herbivory; Parasitoids; Species Biology; Tri Trophic Interaction; Urban Forest Fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DICOTYLEDON; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HOST PLANT; LARVA; MOTH; NATIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITISM; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPECIALIST; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WASP;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND];

ALEIODES; BRACONIDAE; CLEORA SCRIPTARIA; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; MACROPIPER EXCELSUM; METEORUS PULCHRICORNIS;

EID: 79952592789     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01266.x     Document Type: Article

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