Associational resistance in a multiple herbivore system: Differential effects of mammal versus insect herbivores

Ecological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1053-1058

  Axelsson, E P ^a   Stenberg, J A ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Altica; Apparent competition; Associational herbivory; Bromius obscurus

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; APPARENT COMPETITION; BROWSING; HERBIVORE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSECT; MAMMAL; MEADOW; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

SWEDEN;

ALCES ALCES; ALTICA; BASSIA SCOPARIA; BROMIUS OBSCURUS; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84870297995     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-012-0985-x     Document Type: Article

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