The palatability of 78 wildflower strip plants to the slug Arion lusitanicus

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-133

  Briner, T ^a   Frank, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arion lusitanicus; Consumption index; Food preference; Wildflowers

Indexed keywords

FIELD MARGIN; PALATABILITY; SLUG; VEGETATION;

ARION LUSITANICUS; BRASSICA NAPUS; CAPSELLA BURSA-PASTORIS; CAPSELLA BURSAPASTORIS; GASTROPODA; LAMIUM PURPUREUM; PAPAVER RHOEAS;

EID: 0031671719     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1998.tb05808.x     Document Type: Article

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