Linking traits between plants and invertebrate herbivores to track functional effects of land-use changes

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 949-962

  Moretti, Marco ^a   De Bello, Francesco ^b,c   Ibanez, Sébastien ^a   Fontana, Simone ^a   Pezzatti, Gianni B ^a   Dziock, Frank ^d   Rixen, Christian ^e   Lavorel, Sandra ^f  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^e WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

CWM; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem services; Functional dissimilarity FD; Functional traits; Herbivory; Multitrophic trait cascade; Plant herbivore interaction

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DRY MATTER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASSHOPPER; HERBIVORE; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; VEGETATION;

ALPS;

ANIMALIA; CAELIFERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84881313738     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12022     Document Type: Article

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