Plant palatability can be inferred from a single-date feeding trial

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 483-488

  Elger, A ^a,b   Barrat Segretain, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feeding experiments; Freshwater macrophytes; Invertebrate herbivory; Life history traits; Phenology

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PALATABILITY; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CALLITRICHE PLATYCARPA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; LYMNAEIDAE; NUPHAR; NUPHAR LUTEA;

EID: 2942530510     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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