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RESEARCH LITERATURE

The Research Literature database was created and funded by the Florida Wildflower Foundation. Use the search features below to find scientific articles on native wildflowers that are commercially available or used in restoration projects.

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Quality or quantity: the direct and indirect effects of host plants on herbivores and their natural enemies

Author(s): P. Stiling and D. C. Moon

Month: Jan
Year: 2005

Publication Type: Article
Journal: Oecologia
Volume: 142
Issue: 3
Pages: 413-420

Article Topic(s): Disturbance, Fertilizer, Nutrients
Research Setting(s): Coastal,Field

Species Referenced: Borrichia frutescens (Bushy seaside tansy),

Abstract

Researches the effects of plant nitrogen and plant density on herbivore densities on Borrichia frutescens. The article concludes that plant quality and natural herbivore enemies impact herbivore density but plant density does not.

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P. Stiling and D. C. Moon. "Quality or quantity: the direct and indirect effects of host plants on herbivores and their natural enemies." Oecologia 142.3 (2005): 413-420.

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ISSN: 0029-8549
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1739-4

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