Does dietary P affect feeding and performance in the mixed-feeding grasshopper (Acrididae) Melanoplus bivitattus?

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-339

  Loaiza, Viviana ^a   Jonas, Jayne L ^a   Joern, Anthony ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary phosphorus limitation to grasshoppers; Ecological stoichiometry; Multiple nutrients; Nutritional ecology; Nutritional indices

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CARBOHYDRATE; DIGESTION; EXCRETION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSHOPPER; METABOLISM; NYMPH; PHOSPHATE INTAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSHOPPERS; NYMPH; PHOSPHORUS, DIETARY;

ACRIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; MELANOPLUS; MELANOPLUS BIVITTATUS;

EID: 43649083160     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[333:DDPAFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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