Resource concentration by insects and implications for plant populations

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 923-931

  Stephens, Andrea E A ^a   Myers, Judith H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centaurea diffusa; Density dependence; Ideal free distribution; Insect distribution; Larinus minutus; Model; Plant herbivore interactions; Resource dilution; Urophora affinis

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FLY; GROWTH; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATCHINESS; PERSISTENCE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

EID: 84862525131     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01971.x     Document Type: Article

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