Food selection and nutritional ecology of woodlice in Central Chile

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-94

  Catalán, Tamara P ^a,c   Lardies, Marco A ^b   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Assimilation efficiency; Detritivores; Diet selection; Digestion; Mediterranean habitat; Terrestrial isopod

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; DETRITIVORY; DIET; DIGESTIBILITY; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SELECTION; GROWTH RATE; ISOPOD; LOUSE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRITION;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA; PORCELLIO LAEVIS;

EID: 38949154499     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2007.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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