Caterpillar guts and ammonia volatilization: Retention of nitrogen by gypsy moth larvae consuming oak foliage

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 513-516

  Lovett, Gary M ^a   Hart, Julie E ^a   Christenson, Lynn M ^a   Jones, Clive G ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia emission; Defoliation; Gypsy moth.; Lymantria dispar; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOGENIC EMISSION; HERBIVORE; MOTH; NITROGEN CYCLE; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 0032439833     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050687     Document Type: Article

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