Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) - Plant-environmental interactions in relation to zonation on an Atlantic coast barrier island

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1158-1167

  Barimo, John F ^a   Young, Donald R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Barrier island; Coastal vegetation; Grasshoppers; Orthoptera

Indexed keywords

DUNE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ACRIDIDAE; AMMOPHILA BREVILIGULATA; ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS HALIMIFOLIA; INSECTA; MELANOPLUS; MELANOPLUS BIVITATTUS; MELANOPLUS DIFFERENTIALIS; MELANOPLUS FEMURRUBRUM; MORELLA CERIFERA; MYRICA; MYRICA CERIFERA; MYRICACEAE; ORTHOPTERA; PHOLISMA ARENARIUM; POACEAE; PSINIDIA FENESTRALIS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA PATENS; TRIMEROTROPIS; TRIMEROTROPIS MARITIMA;

EID: 0036960762     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.6.1158     Document Type: Article

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