The resource regulation hypothesis and positive feedback loops in plant-herbivore interactions

Population Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-473

  Craig, Timothy Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Dormant bud; Herbivory; Indirect interactions; Philopatry; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BUD; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COMPENSATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; INSECT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAMMAL; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHILOPATRY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051790203     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-010-0210-0     Document Type: Article

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