Relationships among Key deer, insect herbivores, and plant quality

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 268-273

  Barrett, Mark A ^a,b   Stiling, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer herbivory; Deer insect interactions; Induced defenses; Nitrogen; Plant chemistry; Tannins

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; DEER; FOOD PREFERENCE; HERBIVORY; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEAFMINER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TANNIN;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; KEY DEER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AGROMYZIDAE; CERVIDAE; HEXAPODA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS CLAVIUM;

EID: 33847357409     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0021-0     Document Type: Article

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