The population ecology of novel plant-herbivore interactions

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 657-666

  Forister, Matthew L ^a   Wilson, Joseph S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84876444769     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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