Does the generalist parasitic plant Cuscuta campestris selectively forage in heterogeneous plant communities?

New Phytologist

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 147-155

  Koch, Alexander M ^a,b   Binder, Christof ^a   Sanders, Ian R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cuscuta; Foraging; Heterogeneity; Parasitic plant; Resource acquisition

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST SELECTION; PARASITIC PLANT; RESOURCE USE;

CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 1842590567     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2004.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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