Urban warming trumps natural enemy regulation of herbivorous pests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1596-1607

  Dale, Adam G ^a   Frank, Steven D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum; Climate change; Enemies hypothesis; Melanaspis tenebricosa; Pest abundance; Temperature; Urban ecology; Urban forest; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FITNESS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST SPECIES; TROPHIC INTERACTION; URBAN CLIMATE;

NORTH CAROLINA; RALEIGH; UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; MELANASPIS TENEBRICOSA;

ANIMAL; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOREST; HEAT; HERBIVORY; INSECT; MALE; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORESTS; HERBIVORY; HOT TEMPERATURE; INSECTA; MALE; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84907976865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1961.1     Document Type: Article

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