Specific impacts of two root herbivores and soil nutrients on plant performance and insect-insect interactions

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1746-1756

  Erwin, Alexis C ^a   Geber, Monica A ^a   Agrawal, Anurag A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COEXISTENCE; CONSPECIFIC; FINE ROOT; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOMASS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SURVIVAL;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYPNOIDES ABBREVIATUS; TETRAOPES; TETRAOPES TETROPTHALMUS;

EID: 84888057644     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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