Insect Herbivory and propagule pressure influence Cirsium vulgare invasiveness across the landscape

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1787-1794

  Eckberg, James O ^a,c   Tenhumberg, Brigitte ^a,b   Louda, Svata M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bull thistle; Cirsium vulgare; Insect plant interaction; Invasive species; Plant invasion; Plant population dynamics; Spear thistle; Weed; Weed dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERBIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVASIVENESS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PRAIRIE; PROPAGULE; SEEDLING; WEED;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRSIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INSECT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CIRSIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM VULGARE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84864683853     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1583.1     Document Type: Article

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