Outbreaks by canopy-feeding geometrid moth cause state-dependent shifts in understorey plant communities

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 859-870

  Karlsen, Stein Rune ^a   Jepsen, Jane Uhd ^b   Odland, Arvid ^c   Ims, Rolf Anker ^d   Elvebakk, Arve ^d  

^a Norut   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Avenella flexuosa; Birch; Empetrum nigrum; Plant herbivore interaction; Tundra forest ecotone

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTONE; MOTH; PEST OUTBREAK; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION;

BETULA NANA; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA FLEXUOSA; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ERICACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTH; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ERICACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; NORWAY; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84885939889     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2648-1     Document Type: Article

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