Soil fertility and parasitoids shape herbivore selection on plants

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1120-1128

  Abdala Roberts, Luis ^a   Parra Tabla, Víctor ^b   Campbell, Diane R ^a   Mooney, Kailen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diffuse selection; Functional response; Parasitoids; Plant herbivore interactions; Seed predation; Soil fertility; Tri trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HERBIVORE; PARASITOID; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED PREDATION; SOIL FERTILITY; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

RUELLIA NUDIFLORA;

EID: 84906062384     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12275     Document Type: Article

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