Does the Fretwell-Oksanen model apply to invertebrates?

The objective of our study was to approach the following question: Do the available experimental results suggest a general hump-shaped relationship between productivity and the impact of invertebrate phytophages on plant communities?.

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Published inOikos Vol. 100; no. 1; pp. 203 - 207
Main Authors Schädler, M., Jung, G., Auge, H., Brandl, R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Copenhagen Munksgaard International Publishers 01.01.2003
Blackwell Publishers
Blackwell
Subjects
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Biomass
Forum
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects. Techniques
Herbivores
Invertebrates
Methods and techniques (sampling, tagging, trapping, modelling...)
Mollusks
Phytophagous insects
Plant communities
Plants
Primary productivity
Productivity
Synecology
Phytophagous
Plant community
Animal plant relation
Arthropoda
Insecta
Impact study
Models
Invertebrata
Metaanalysis
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Summary:The objective of our study was to approach the following question: Do the available experimental results suggest a general hump-shaped relationship between productivity and the impact of invertebrate phytophages on plant communities?.
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ISSN:0030-1299
1600-0706
DOI:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.11821.x