Relative importance of plant-mediated bottom-up and top-down forces on herbivore abundance on Brassica oleracea

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1113-1124

  Kos, Martine ^a   Broekgaarden, Colette ^a   Kabouw, Patrick ^b   Oude Lenferink, Kirsten ^a   Poelman, Erik H ^a   Vet, Louise E M ^a,b   Dicke, Marcel ^a   van Loon, Joop J A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Brevicoryne brassicae; Common garden experiment; Glucosinolates; Multitrophic interactions; Parasitoid; Plutella xylostella; Predator

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CHEMICAL CUE; CULTIVAR; DICOTYLEDON; INSECT; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITOID; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ARTHROPODA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICACEAE; BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE; HEXAPODA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 80053130122     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01871.x     Document Type: Article

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