Catechin content and consumption ratio of the collared lemming

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 242-249

  Berg, Thomas B ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dicrostonyx groenlandicus; Greenland; Phenol; Plant lemming interaction; Plant defence

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RODENT;

GREENLAND;

ANIMALIA; DICROSTONYX; DICROSTONYX GROENLANDICUS; DICROSTONYX TORQUATUS; DRYAS; KOBRESIA; KOBRESIA MYOSUROIDES; MURIDAE; POA; POA GLAUCA; RODENTIA; SALIX; SALIX ARCTICA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038710858     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1176-1     Document Type: Article

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