Plant-plant and plant-insect interactions: Direct and indirect effects of plant neighbors

In greenhouse and field experiments using Amaranthus retroflexus and Chenopodium album, I investigated whether competition and artificial leaf herbivory acted synergistically in depressing plant growth (height, diameter, and vegetative mass) and reproduction (reproductive mass and time of flowering). In several experiments, competition and herbivory had a negative synergistic effect on reproductive mass, vegetative mass, and diameter of A. retroflexus, and on reproductive and vegetative mass of C. album.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Plant Biology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Simms, Laura Elizabeth

Contributors dc:contributor

• Berenbaum, May R.

• Biology, Botany
• Biology, Ecology
• Biology, Entomology

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1996 Simms, Laura Elizabeth

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

9780591088571
AAI9702665
(UMI)AAI9702665

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22225