The tri-trophic interactions hypothesis: Interactive effects of host plant quality, diet breadth and natural enemies on herbivores

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Mooney, Kailen A ^a   Pratt, Riley T ^a   Singer, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; APHID; APHIS GOSSYPII; BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS SALICIFOLIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY GENERALIST HERBIVORE; DIETARY SPECIALIST HERBIVORE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORE DIET BREADTH; HERBIVORE PREDATOR INTERACTION; HOST PLANT QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS; NATURAL ENEMY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SYMBIOSIS; UROLEUCON MACOLAI; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS GOSSYPII; BACCHARIS SALICIFOLIA; FORMICIDAE; UROLEUCON;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; APHIDS; BACCHARIS; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY;

EID: 84859590505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034403     Document Type: Review

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