Trophic consequences of a positive plant interaction

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 559-575

  Hacker, Sally D ^a,b   Bertness, Mark D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALTMARSH; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

USA, NEW ENGLAND;

APHIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA;

EID: 0029663373     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285939     Document Type: Article

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