Host-plant change in marine specialist herbivores: Ascoglossan sea slugs on introduced macroalgae

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-243

  Trowbridge, Cynthia D ^a,b   Todd, Christopher D ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codium fragile; Elysia viridis; Endosymbiosis; Herbivory; Host specificity; Host switch; Host plant range; Introduced species; Scotland; Sea slugs; Specialist herbivores

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORE; HOST SELECTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

CLADOPHORA RUPESTRIS; CODIUM FRAGILE; CODIUM TOMENTOSUM; ELYSIA VIRIDIS;

EID: 0035033982     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2001)071[0219:HPCIMS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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