Trade-offs between herbivore resistance and competitiveness in periphyton of acidified lakes

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 806-814

  Graham, Mark D ^a,b   Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; LAKE; PERIPHYTON; SUCCESSION; TRADE-OFF;

ALGAE; ANURA; COLEOCHAETE SCUTATA; EUKARYOTA; RANA CLAMITANS;

EID: 0031823207     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f97-309     Document Type: Article

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