Strength in numbers? Effects of multiple natural enemy species on plant performance

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1760, 2013, Pages

  Stephens, Andrea E A ^a,b   Srivastava, Diane S ^a   Myers, Judith H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cumulative stress hypothesis; Insect herbivores; Meta analysis; Plant pathogens; Weed biological control

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DICOTYLEDON; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; META-ANALYSIS; NATURAL ENEMY; PATHOGEN; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; WEED CONTROL;

ASTERACEAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84878272551     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2756     Document Type: Review

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