Choice of voles among genotypes of birch seedlings: Its relationship with seedling quality and preference of insects

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 426-432

  Pusenius, Jyrki ^a,b   Prittinen, Kaarina ^a   Heimonen, Johanna ^a   Koivunoro, Katja ^a   Rousi, Matti ^b   Roininen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Compensation; Genotypic variation; Intraspecific competition; Multiple herbivory; Resistance

Indexed keywords

FOOD SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HERBIVORE; INSECT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; RODENT; SOIL FERTILITY;

ANIMALIA; BETULA PENDULA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; PENDULA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036923553     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-001-0816-1     Document Type: Article

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