Downstairs drivers - root herbivores shape communities of above-ground herbivores and natural enemies via changes in plant nutrients

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1021-1030

  Johnson, Scott N ^a   Mitchell, Carolyn ^b   Mcnicol, James W ^b   Thompson, Jacqueline ^b   Karley, Alison J ^b  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Above ground; Antagonists; Below ground; Bottom up; Multitrophic; Root herbivore; Top down

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; APHID; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FEEDING; FOOD WEB; GUILD; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; NATURAL ENEMY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; ROOT COMPETITION;

APHIDIDAE; CURCULIONIDAE; NEMATUS; OTIORHYNCHUS SULCATUS; SYMPHYTA;

AMINO ACID; CARBON; NITROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS;

ABOVE-GROUND; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS; APHID; ARTICLE; BELOW-GROUND; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOTTOM-UP; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; INSECT; METABOLISM; MULTITROPHIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIBES; ROOT HERBIVORE; TOP-DOWN; WASP; WEEVIL;

ABOVE-GROUND; ANTAGONISTS; BELOW-GROUND; BOTTOM-UP; MULTITROPHIC; ROOT HERBIVORE; TOP-DOWN;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; APHIDS; CARBON; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; NITROGEN; PHENOLS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIBES; WASPS; WEEVILS;

EID: 84881555080     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12070     Document Type: Article

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