Complex interactions among biocontrol agents, pollinators, and an invasive weed: A structural equation modeling approach

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2122-2134

  Swope, Sarah M ^a,b,c   Parker, Ingrid M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Centaurea solstitialis; Chaetorellia succinea; Eustenopus villosus; Herbivory; Pollination; Seed predation; Structural equation modeling (SEM); USA; Yellow starthistle

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FECUNDITY; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; INVASIVE SPECIES; OVIPOSITION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; PREDATOR; SEED PREDATION; SEED SET; WEED CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CENTAUREA; FLOWER; HERBIVORY; INSECT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLINATION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CENTAUREA; FLOWERS; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLLINATION; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA; CENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS; EUSTENOPUS VILLOSUS; SUCCINEA;

EID: 84871214651     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0131.1     Document Type: Article

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