Functional trait diversity across trophic levels determines herbivore impact on plant community biomass

Ecology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1346-1355

  Deraison, Hélène ^a,b,c   Badenhausser, Isabelle ^a,b,c   Loeuille, Nicolas ^d   Scherber, Christoph ^e,f   Gross, Nicolas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity experiment; Body size; Complementarity effect; Functional trait diversity; Grassland; Herbivore; Incisor strength; Insect communities; Plant herbivore interactions; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORE; INSECT; NICHE OVERLAP; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FOOD CHAIN; FRANCE; HERBIVORY; ORTHOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FOOD CHAIN; FRANCE; HERBIVORY; ORTHOPTERA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEASONS;

EID: 84946198294     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12529     Document Type: Article

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