Sex-biased herbivory: A meta-analysis of the effects of gender on plant-herbivore interactions

Oikos

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 488-500

  Cornelissen, Tatiana ^a   Stiling, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

EID: 29144470144     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2005.14075.x     Document Type: Review

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