Habitat patch shape, not corridors, determines herbivory and fruit production of an annual plant

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1016-1025

  Evans, Daniel M ^a   Turley, Nash E ^b   Levey, Douglas J ^c   Tewksbury, Joshua J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Box 118525 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation planning; Insect herbivory; Orthoptera; Plant fitness; Plant animal interactions; Solanum americanum

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL PLANT; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DICOTYLEDON; FIELD SURVEY; FITNESS; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GENERALIST; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; GRASSHOPPER; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLANUM;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; GRASSHOPPERS; HERBIVORY; SOLANUM;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; SOLANUM AMERICANUM;

EID: 84861357092     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0642.1     Document Type: Article

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