Geographic variation among herbivore populations in tolerance for a chemically rich seaweed

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2721-2735

  Sotka, Erik E ^a,c   Hay, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Ampithoe; Dictyota; Feeding preference; Geographic variation; Performance trade offs; Plant herbivore interaction; Seaweed chemical defense; Specialization

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HERBIVORE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEAWEED; TOLERANCE;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; AMPITHOE; AMPITHOE LONGIMANA; ANIMALIA; DICTYOTA; DICTYOTA CILIOLATA; DICTYOTA MENSTRUALIS; EUKARYOTA; FILIPENDULA; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; HEXAPODA; SARGASSUM FILIPENDULA;

EID: 0038343635     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2721:GVAHPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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