Disturbances as a structuring factor of plant palatability in aquatic communities

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 304-311

  Elger, Arnaud ^a,b   Bornette, Gudrun ^a   Barrat Segretain, Marie Hélène ^a   Amoros, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Diversity; Fluvial dynamics; Freshwater macrophytes; Functional; Herbivory; Lymnaea stagnalis; Nutrient richness; Plant palatability; Riverine wetlands; Spate floods

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HERBIVORY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALATABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHONE BASIN;

ALISMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HOTTONIA PALUSTRIS; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; LYMNAEIDAE; SAGITTARIA; SAGITTARIA SAGITTIFOLIA;

EID: 1542673031     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0752     Document Type: Article

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