Consumption of grass endophytes alters the ultraviolet spectrum of vole urine

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-340

  Huitu, Otso ^a   Helander, Marjo ^b,c   Lehtonen, Päivi ^b,c   Saikkonen, Kari ^a,b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Lolium pratense; Microtus agrestis; Predation; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENDOPHYTE; FEEDING; FLUORESCENCE; GRASS; HERBIVORE; PREDATION; RODENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; FUNGUS; LOLIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; FUNGI; LOLIUM; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URINE;

AVES; FESTUCA PRATENSIS; LOLIUM; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; POACEAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 43049101416     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-0984-3     Document Type: Article

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