- Title
- The herbivorous arthropods associated with the invasive alien plant, Arundo donax, and the native analogous plant, Phragmites australis, in the Free State Province, South Africa s
- Creator
- Canavan, Kim N, Paterson, Iain D, Hill, Martin P
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/406155
- Identifier
- vital:70243
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC155690"
- Description
- The Enemy Release Hypothesis (ERH) predicts that when plant species are introduced outside their native range there is a release from natural enemies resulting in the plants becoming problematic invasive alien species (Lake and Leishman 2004; Puliafico et al. 2008). The release from natural enemies may benefit alien plants more than simply reducing herbivory because, according to the Evolution of Increased Competitive Ability (EICA) hypothesis, without pressure from herbivores more resources that were previously allocated to defence can be allocated to reproduction (Blossey and Notzold 1995). Alien invasive plants are therefore expected to have simpler herbivore communities with fewer specialist herbivores (Frenzel and Brandl 2003; Heleno et al. 2008; Heger and Jeschke 2014).
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (6 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Sabinet
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Entomology, Canavan, K., Paterson, I. and Hill, M.P., 2014. The herbivorous arthropods associated with the invasive alien plant, Arundo donax, and the native analogous plant, Phragmites australis, in the Free State Province, South Africa s. African Entomology, 22(2), pp.454-459, African Entomology volume 22 number 2 p. 454 2014 1021-3589
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- Closed Access
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Hill, Martin Patrick (Distinguished Professor)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Insects in Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystems
Paterson, Iain D (Associate Professor)
SDG 15. Life On Land
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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