Mangrove response to attack by a root boring isopod: Root repair versus architectural modification

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 231, Issue , 2002, Pages 85-90

  Brooks, Robert Allen ^a   Bell, Susan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beneficial herbivory; Florida; Isopod; Mangrove; Plant animal interaction; Prop root; Repair; Rhizophora mangle; Sphaeroma terebrans; Tolerance; Wood borer

Indexed keywords

BORING ORGANISM; GROWTH RESPONSE; MANGROVE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REPAIR; ROOT SYSTEM;

FLORIDA; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANNA; HALOPHILA; ISOPODA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SPHAEROMA; SPHAEROMA TEREBRANS;

EID: 0037156032     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps231085     Document Type: Article

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