Plant-mediated and nonadditive effects of two global change drivers on an insect herbivore community

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1892-1901

  De Sassi, Claudio ^a   Lewis, Owen T ^b   Tylianakis, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Beta diversity; Biodiversity; Biotic homogenization; Biotic invasion; Climate change; Community structure; Hope River Valley, North Canterbury, New Zealand; Interactive drivers; Lepidoptera; Nitrogen; Phenology

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIVERSITY INDEX; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; HOMOGENEITY; NITROGEN; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INSECT; METABOLISM; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; NEW ZEALAND; NITROGEN; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84864697523     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1839.1     Document Type: Article

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