Species interactions and a chain of indirect effects driven by reduced precipitation

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 486-494

  Barton, Brandon T ^a   Ives, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Apparent competition; Biocontrol; Climate change; Drought; Ladybeetles; Medicago sativa; Mesocosm field experiment Madison; Pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum; Precipitation; Predator prey interactions; Spotted aphid Therioaphis maculata; Top down control; Wisconsin USA

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; APHID; APPARENT COMPETITION; BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; MESOCOSM; POPULATION GROWTH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; WATER STRESS;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

RAIN;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BEETLES; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RAIN; TIME FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84897990028     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0044.1     Document Type: Article

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