Feeding by vertebrate herbivores in a chemically heterogeneous environment

Ecoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 304-310

  Hódar, José A ^a   Palo, R Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altitudinal differences; Chemical defense; Herbivory; Mountain birch; Nutrients; Phenols

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; LEPUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS; PHASIANIDAE; SALIX; VERTEBRATA; BETULA PUBESCENS TORTUOSA;

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; HERBIVORY; MOUNTAIN BIRCH;

EID: 0031392221     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1997.11682409     Document Type: Article

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