Feeding preferences of a generalist salt-marsh crab: Relative importance of multiple plant traits

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1968-1979

  Pennings, Steven C ^a   Carefoot, Thomas H ^b   Siska, Erin L ^a,d   Chase, Margo E ^c   Page, Teresa A ^a,e  

^a University of Georgia Marine Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e Catalina Island Conservancy   (United States)

Author keywords

Armases; Chemical defenses; Crab; Decapod; Feeding preferences; Herbivory; Plant defenses; Plant toughness; Plant herbivore interactions; Salt marsh; Silica

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; HERBIVORE; SALTMARSH;

ANIMALIA; ARMASES; ARMASES CINEREUM; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0031687576     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1968:FPOAGS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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