Growth, development, and nutritional physiology of grasshoppers from subarctic and temperate regions

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 607-618

  Fielding, Dennis J ^a,b   Defoliart, Linda S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; FOOD QUALITY; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SELECTION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ALASKA; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACRIDIDAE; LACTUCA; MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES; ORTHOPTERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 35348838922     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521801     Document Type: Article

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