Insect herbivores, density dependence, and the performance of the perennial herb Solanum carolinense

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1026-1035

  Underwood, Nora ^a   Halpern, Stacey L ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Clonal plants; Density dependence; Insect herbivores; Plant performance; Plant size; Plant herbivore interactions; Sexual reproduction; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONAL ORGANISM; DAMAGE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HERB; HERBIVORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION SIZE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOLANUM;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; POPULATION DENSITY; SOLANUM;

HEXAPODA; SOLANUM CAROLINENSE;

EID: 84861386838     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1320.1     Document Type: Article

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