Mutualisms and population regulation: Mechanism matters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Jha, Shalene ^a   Allen, David ^b   Liere, Heidi ^c   Perfecto, Ivette ^d   Vandermeer, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HEMIPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LANDSCAPE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION REGULATION; PREDATOR; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; HEMIPTERA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84865304953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043510     Document Type: Article

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