Non-native plants reduce abundance, richness, and host specialization in lepidopteran communities

Ecosphere

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Burghardt, Karin T ^a,b   Tallamy, Douglas W ^a   Philips, Christopher ^a,c   Shropshire, Kimberley J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Caterpillar; Ecosystem services; Food webs; Invasive species; Lepidoptera; Native plants; Nonnative plants; Northeastern United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861975945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES10-00032.1     Document Type: Article

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