Testing the efficiency of three 15N-labeled nitrogen compounds for indirect labeling of grasshoppers via plants in the field

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-226

  Unsicker, Sybille B ^a,e   Renker, Carsten ^b   Kahmen, Ansgar ^c   Spindler, Sonja ^b   Buchmann, Nina ^d   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Institute of Ecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Ammonium; Chorthippus biguttulus; Chorthippus parallelus; Dactylis glomerata; Glycine; Holcus lanatus; Multi trophic interactions; Omocestus viridulus; Stable isotope 15N; Trifolium repens

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; GRASSHOPPER; HERBIVORE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ACRIDIDAE; CHORTHIPPUS BIGUTTULUS; CHORTHIPPUS PARALLELUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FABACEAE; GLYCINE (ANGIOSPERM); HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; INSECTA; OMOCESTUS VIRIDULUS; ORTHOPTERA; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 33644583443     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2005.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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