What makes a good neighborhood? Interaction of spatial scale and fruit density in the predator satiation dynamics of a masting juniper tree

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 483-492

  Mezquida, Eduardo T ^a   Olano, José Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop size; Fruiting environment; Phenotypic selection; Predator satiation; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CROP DAMAGE; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP PEST; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; FRUIT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MASTING; PEST DAMAGE; PREDATION RISK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; CHALCIDIDAE; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS THURIFERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOOD CHAIN; FRUIT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; JUNIPERUS; MITE; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPAIN; WASP;

ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; FRUIT; HERBIVORY; JUNIPERUS; MITES; MOTHS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEEDS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPAIN; WASPS;

EID: 84884817640     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2631-x     Document Type: Article

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