Effects of Invasive Plants on Arthropods

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1532-1549

  Litt, Andrea R ^a,b   Cord, Erin E ^a,c   Fulbright, Timothy E ^a   Schuster, Greta L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Natural Resources and Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Community composition; Detritivores; Functional groups; Herbivores; Insects; Literature review; Non native species; Phytophagous; Predators

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETRITIVORY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HERBIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 84912523438     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12350     Document Type: Review

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