Effect of damage by the snail Lymnaea (Lymnaea) stagnalis (L.) on the growth of Elodea canadensis Michx.

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-145

  Pieczyńska, Ewa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Elodea canadensis; Herbivory; Plant damage; Snails

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; DAMAGE; HERBIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGROWTH; SURVIVAL;

ELODEA; ELODEA CANADENSIS; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS;

EID: 0037303747     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(02)00170-5     Document Type: Article

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