Community Structure and Folivorous Insect Outbreaks: The Roles of Vertical and Horizontal Interactions

Community Structure, Population Control, and Competition

1960 • 3,384 citations

Herbivory in Relation to Plant Nitrogen Content

1980 • 3,358 citations

Plant Apparency and Chemical Defense

1976 • 2,317 citations

Field Experiments on Interspecific Competition

1983 • 2,312 citations

Interactions Among Three Trophic Levels: Influence of Plants on Interactions Between Insect Herbivores and Natural Enemies

1980 • 2,297 citations

On the Prevalence and Relative Importance of Interspecific Competition: Evidence from Field Experiments

1983 • 1,938 citations

Seasonal Changes in Oak Leaf Tannins and Nutrients as a Cause of Spring Feeding by Winter Moth Caterpillars

1970 • 1,878 citations

The Distribution and Abundance of Animals

1956 • 1,824 citations

The Niche Exploitation Pattern of the Blue‐Gray Gnatcatcher

1967 • 1,789 citations

Herbivory and Defensive Characteristics of Tree Species in a Lowland Tropical Forest

1983 • 1,739 citations

Insects on Plants: Community Patterns and Mechanisms

1984 • 1,648 citations

The ecology of arboreal folivores.

1978 • 1,427 citations

Herbivores: Their interaction with secondary plant metabolites

1980 • 1,421 citations

Toward a General Theory of Plant Antiherbivore Chemistry

1976 • 1,168 citations

Host Selection by Insect Parasitoids

1976 • 1,085 citations

The abundance of invertebrate herbivores in relation to the availability of nitrogen in stressed food plants

1984 • 1,066 citations

Western forest insects /

1977 • 1,020 citations

COEVOLUTION OF MUTUALISM BETWEEN ANTS AND ACACIAS IN CENTRAL AMERICA

1966 • 873 citations

The importance of a relative shortage of food in animal ecology

1978 • 637 citations

Host Suitability for Insect Parasitoids

1980 • 577 citations

Phytophagous Insects as Regulators of Forest Primary Production

1975 • 575 citations

Rapid Changes in Tree Leaf Chemistry Induced by Damage: Evidence for Communication Between Plants

1983 • 561 citations

Tannins: Does Structure Determine Function? An Ecological Perspective

1983 • 539 citations

Community Ecology; Pattern and Process.

1987 • 535 citations

Foraging Behavior of Forest Birds: The Relationships Among Search Tactics, Diet, and Habitat Structure

1982 • 527 citations

Community Patterns and Competition in Folivorous Insects

1981 • 495 citations

The Theory of Diversity-Stability Relationships in Ecology

1975 • 480 citations

An Index to Measure Weather‐Induced Stress of Trees Associated With Outbreaks of Psyllids in Australia

1969 • 468 citations

Oak Leaf Quality Declines in Response to Defoliation by Gypsy Moth Larvae

1982 • 448 citations

Interaction and Coevolution

1982 • 441 citations

Variable Plants and Herbivores in Natural and Managed Systems

1983 • 408 citations

Effects of Insect Defoliation on Growth and Mortality of Trees

1971 • 386 citations

Coevolution of Mutualism Between Ants and Acacias in Central America

1966 • 369 citations

A hypothesis to explain outbreaks of looper caterpillars, with special reference to populations of Selidosema suavis in a plantation of Pinus radiata in New Zealand

1974 • 349 citations

Fluctuations in Abundance of Tropical Insects

1978 • 344 citations

On the Role of Plant Defences in the Fluctuation of Herbivore Populations

1980 • 338 citations

Insect grazing on Eucalyptus in response to variation in leaf tannins and nitrogen

1977 • 326 citations

The Food of Titmice in Oak Woodland

1955 • 312 citations

A Latitudinal Gradient in Rates of Ant Predation

1979 • 311 citations

Infectious Diseases and Population Cycles of Forest Insects

1980 • 307 citations

Virus in a Parasitoid Wasp: Suppression of the Cellular Immune Response in the Parasitoid's Host

1981 • 301 citations

Influence of Vegetation Texture on Herbivore Populations: Resource Concentration and Herbivore Movement

1983 • 298 citations

Herbivore Population Dynamics and Plant Chemistry

1983 • 283 citations

The Theory of Habitat Selection: Examined and Extended Using Pemphigus Aphids

1980 • 282 citations

Rapidly Induced Defenses and Talking Trees: The Devil's Advocate Position

1985 • 278 citations

Bird Predation on Forest Insects: An Exclosure Experiment

1979 • 277 citations

Evolutionary Strategies of Parasitic Insects and Mites

1975 • 275 citations

Feeding patterns of monophagous, oligophagous, and polyphagous insect herbivores: The effect of resource abundance and plant chemistry

1980 • 271 citations

Asymmetrical competition in insects

1981 • 264 citations

Habitat Selection by Pemphigus Aphids in Response to Response Limitation and Competition

1978 • 262 citations

Indirect Interactions Between Temporally Separated Herbivores Mediated by the Host Plant

1986 • 261 citations

Natural Variability and the Manifold Mechanisms of Ecological Communities

1983 • 257 citations

Plant tannins and insect herbivores: an appraisal

1981 • 255 citations

Defense and Dynamics in Plant-Herbivore Systems

1981 • 245 citations

Wound induced defences in plants and their consequences for patterns of insect grazing

1983 • 228 citations

Weather, food and plagues of locusts

1976 • 216 citations

Plant Protection as a Consequence of an Ant‐Membracid Mutualism: Interactions on Goldenrod (Solidago Sp.)

1981 • 216 citations

Population models for the winter moth.

1968 • 211 citations

Habitat Selection and Foraging Tactics of Caterpillars in Heterogeneous Trees

1983 • 203 citations

Caterpillar Leaf Damage, and the Game of Hide-and-Seek with Birds

1983 • 202 citations

Responses of Alder and Willow to Attack by Tent Caterpillars and Webworms: Evidence for Pheromonal Sensitivity of Willows

1983 • 201 citations

Foraging strategies of caterpillars

1979 • 198 citations

Host Manipulation of Parasites: Within-Plant Variation as a Defense against Rapidly Evolving Pests

1983 • 169 citations

Birch leaves as a resource for herbivores: Seasonal occurrence of increased resistance in foliage after mechanical damage of adjacent leaves

1979 • 169 citations

Tree Ring Evidence for Chronic Insect Suppression of Productivity in Subalpine Eucalyptus

1978 • 162 citations

The Dynamics of a Field Population of the Pine Looper, Bupalus piniarius L.(Lep., Geom.)

1966 • 162 citations

Trophic structure, available resources and population density in terrestrial vs. aquatic ecosystems

1971 • 158 citations

Ecosystem Structure and Function

1973 • 156 citations

Early Leaf Abscission: A Neglected Source of Mortality for Folivores

1981 • 152 citations

Parasitoids, Patches, and Phenology: Their Possible Role in the Local Extinction of a Cynipid Gall Wasp Population

1981 • 149 citations

TANNINS: AN ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINT

1978 • 141 citations

Premature Leaf Abscission: An Induced Plant Defense Against Gall Aphids

1986 • 139 citations

Individual, Population, and Geographic Patterns in Plant Defense

1983 • 136 citations

An Experimental Investigation of Inter-Relationships Between the Wood-Ant (Formica rufa) and Some Tree-Canopy Herbivores

1981 • 134 citations

How Aphids Choose Leaves: The Roles of Phenolics in Host Selection by a Galling Aphid

1982 • 130 citations

Host Plants as Islands. II. Competition in Evolutionary and Contemporary Time

1973 • 128 citations

Plant Phenols Utilized as Nutrients by a Phytophagous Insect

1982 • 127 citations

Analysis of Insect Consumption in a Forest Conopy

1973 • 123 citations

Factors underlying the late seasonal appearance of the lepidopterous leaf‐mining guild on oak

1985 • 117 citations

THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF INGESTED TANNIC ACID ON DIFFERENT SPECIES OF ACRIDOIDEA

1980 • 115 citations

Abundances and Diversity of Leaf-Mining Insects on Three Oak Host Species: Effects of Host-Plant Phenology and Nitrogen Content of Leaves

1981 • 115 citations

Intraspecific Variation in Herbivory on Two Tropical Tree Species

1983 • 112 citations

Long-term inducible resistance in birch foliage: triggering cues and efficacy on a defoliator

1985 • 111 citations

Parasitic infections as regulators of animal populations.

1983 • 109 citations

Bird Community Dynamics and Energetics in a Northern Hardwoods Ecosystem

1975 • 109 citations

Host Leaf Selection by Leaf Miners: Interactions among Three Trophic Levels

1985 • 107 citations

The Feeding Habits of the Wood-Ant, Formica rufa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in Limestone Woodland in North-West England

1980 • 106 citations

Effects of an early-season folivorous moth on the success of a later-season species, mediated by a change in the quality of the shared host, Lupinus arboreus Sims

1986 • 106 citations

Biological Control of Olive Scale and Its Relevance to Ecological Theory

1984 • 106 citations

Interspecific Competition Between Folivorous Insects on Erigeron Glaucus

1986 • 104 citations

The Effect of a Single Species of Avian Predator on the Arthropods of Aerial Leaf Litter

1982 • 104 citations

Impact of Variable Plant Defensive Chemistry on Susceptibility of Insects to Natural Enemies

1983 • 102 citations

The influence of ants on the survival of mountain birches during an Oporinia autumnata (Lep., Geometridae) outbreak

1980 • 95 citations

Primary Consumption in Three Forest Canopies

1964 • 90 citations

Leaf-miner Caterpillars and Cytokinins in the “Green Islands” of Autumn Leaves

1969 • 88 citations

Leaf consumption by insects in three Eucalyptus forest types in Southeastern Australia and their role in short-term nutrient cycling

1983 • 85 citations

Seasonal Changes in the Susceptibility of Crescentia Alata Leaves to the Flea Beetle, Oedionychus SP.

1974 • 81 citations

Seasonal patterns in species richness of herbivores: Macrolepidopteran larvae on Finnish deciduous trees

1982 • 81 citations

insect/plant relationship--an evolutionary perspective

1972 • 79 citations

THE EFFECTS OF INSECTIVOROUS BIRD ACTIVITIES IN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS: AN EVALUATION

1979 • 79 citations

Hypotheses on Organization and Evolution in Herbivorous Insect Communities

1983 • 79 citations

Mortality factors affecting the leaf-mining stages of Phyllonorycter (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on oak and birch: 1. Analysis of the mortality factors

1979 • 73 citations

Biological Control of Pest Insects in Europe

1961 • 70 citations

Tracking Variable Host Plants in Space and Time

1983 • 70 citations

The effects of foliage damage on casebearing moth larvae, Coleophora serratella, feeding on birch

1986 • 69 citations

Individual Trees as Heterogeneous Environments: Adaptation to Herbivory or Epigenetic Noise?

1981 • 68 citations

Sources of mortality for a cynipid gall-wasp (Dryocosmus dubiosus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)): The importance of the Tannin/Fungus interaction

1986 • 67 citations

Quantitative defense theory and patterns of feeding by oak insects

1985 • 65 citations

Predation of Overwintering Larvae of Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella (L.)) by Birds

1976 • 64 citations

Interactions of Seeds and their Insect Predators/Parasitoids in a Tropical Deciduous Forest

1975 • 64 citations

Host-specific variation in Ieaf miner population dynamics: effects on density, natural enemies and behaviour ofStilbosis quadricustatella(Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae)

1984 • 64 citations

EFFECTS OF TANNINS ON GROWTH AND DIGESTION IN TWO SPECIES OF PAPILIONIDS

1983 • 64 citations

The Potential of Insect Pathogenic Viruses as Pesticidal Agents

1979 • 63 citations

Competition among Sympatric Erythroneura Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) on America Sycamore

1975 • 62 citations

Effects of Foliage Age on Body Weight and Survival in Larvae of the Tribe Lithophanini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae))

1979 • 60 citations

Competition among Four Hymenopterous Parasites of an Endemic Insect Host1

1970 • 57 citations

Population Regulation of a Leaf-Mining Insect, Cameraria Sp. Nov., at Increased Field Densities

1981 • 54 citations

The Role of Insectivorous Birds in Forest Ecosystems

1979 • 53 citations

Selective oviposition by a leaf miner in response to temporal variation in abscission

1986 • 51 citations

Ecotope Characteristics of Coexisting Erythroneura Leafhoppers (Homoptera; Cicadellidae) on Sycamore

1976 • 50 citations

The Effects of Leaf Damage on the Performance of Insect Herbivores on Birch, Betula pubescens

1986 • 50 citations

Does tent caterpillar attack reduce the food quality of red alder foliage?

1984 • 50 citations

Interacting effects of increased tannin levels on leaf‐mining insects

1986 • 44 citations

Early Leaf Abscission and Folivores: Comments and Considerations

1983 • 42 citations

Measurement of Leaf Utilization as an Index of Minimum Level of Primary Consumption

1961 • 41 citations

Leaf Size Selection by Leaf-Mining Insects on Quercus emoryi (Fagaceae)

1986 • 38 citations

Invertebrate predation of leaf‐miners at low densities

1980 • 36 citations

On the Evolution of Energy Balance in Some Exploiter‐Victim Systems

1975 • 36 citations

Responses of leaf miners to atypical leaf production patterns

1984 • 36 citations

Epizootiology of a nuclear-polyhedrosis virus in european spruce sawfly (gilpinia hercyniae): The status of birds as dispersal agents of the virus during the larval season

1977 • 31 citations

Estimating the Quantity of Tree Foliage in Oak Stands in the Tennessee Valley

1954 • 30 citations

On comparing herbivore damage in Australian and north temperate systems

1986 • 29 citations

Is insect defoliation in eucalypt forests greater than that in other temperate forests?

1984 • 27 citations

Invertebrate populations of the deciduous forest : fluctuations and relations to weather

1979 • 24 citations

Occurrence of juvabione-related compounds in grand fir and Pacific silver fir infested by balsam woolly aphid

1974 • 22 citations

Do Parasites of Lepidoptera Larvae Compete for Hosts? No!

1979 • 20 citations

Inferring Habitat Selection by Aphids from the Dispersion of Their Galls Over the Tree

1984 • 20 citations

Insects and Leaf Area Losses of Planted Northern Red Oak Seedlings in an Ozark Forest

1986 • 19 citations

Effect of Within-Leaf Density and Leaf Size on Pupal Weight of a Leaf-Miner, Cameraria (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)

1986 • 18 citations

Foraging Behavior of the Chipping Sparrow in Response to High Populations of Jack Pine Budworm

1973 • 16 citations

Seasonal patterns in the incidence of specialism: macrolepidopteran larvae on Finnish deciduous trees

1983 • 16 citations

Animal Population Ecology

1976 • 14 citations

Can Hosts Escape From Their Parasitoids?

1979 • 12 citations

Ecological Implications of Bird Predators on the Larch Casebearer in Wisconsin1

1968 • 10 citations

Interspecific interactions between insects on oak trees with special reference to defoliators and the oak aphid.

1987 • 8 citations