Variation in insect herbivory across a salt marsh tidal gradient influences plant survival and distribution

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 549-558

  Rand, Tatyana A ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental gradients; Insect herbivory; Plant distribution; Salt marsh; Zonation

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SALTMARSH; SURVIVAL; TIDAL RANGE;

ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX PATULA; INSECTA; SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA EUROPAEA;

EID: 0036932167     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0989-2     Document Type: Article

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