Nutrient balancing in grasshoppers: Behavioural and physiological correlates of dietary breadth

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1669-1681

  Raubenheimer, D ^a   Simpson, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary range; Herbivore nutrition; Locust; Locusta migratoria; Macronutrient; Nutrient balancing; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA MIGRATORIOIDES; POACEAE; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0038181298     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00336     Document Type: Article

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