Experimental evidence for changes in submersed macrophyte species composition caused by the herbivore Acentria ephemerella (Lepidoptera)

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 105-114

  Gross, Elisabeth M ^a   Johnson, Robert L ^b   Hairston Jr , Nelson G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Diet; Herbivory; Lepidoptera; Pyralidae

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HERBIVORY; MACROPHYTE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035030431     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000568     Document Type: Article

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