Plant architecture and vegetation structure: Two ways for insect herbivores to escape parasitism From: European Journal of Entomology | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Heisswolf, Annette; Meiners, Torsten; Poethke, Hans Joachim; Randlkofer, Barbara; Obermaier, Elisabeth | Copyright Institute of Entomology 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Key words. Chrysomelidae, enemy free space, Galeruca tanaceti, environmental heterogeneity, oviposition site, parasitism, plant architecture, Oomyzus galerucivorus, structural complexity, vegetation structure

Abstract. Interactions between herbivorous insects and their parasitoids occur in highly structured and complex environments. Habitat structure can be an important factor affecting ecological interactions between different trophic levels. In this study the influence of plant archi...

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