Host-herbivore studies of Stenoscepa sp. (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae), a high-Ni herbivore of the South African Ni hyperaccumulator Berkheya coddii (Asteraceae)

Insect Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-143

  Boyd, Robert S ^a   Davis, Micheal A ^b   Wall, Michael A ^c   Balkwill, Kevin ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Berkheya coddii; Biomagnification; Food webs; Heavy metals; Hyperaccumulation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; BERKHEYA; BERKHEYA CODDII; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; PYRGOMORPHIDAE; SENECIO;

EID: 38949167928     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2007.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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