Does mangrove leaf chemistry help explain crab herbivory patterns?

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-343

  Erickson, Amy A ^a,b   Bell, Susan S ^a   Dawes, Clinton J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Smithsonian Mar Stn at Fort Pierce   (United States)

Author keywords

Aratus pisonii; Avicennia germinans; Florida; Herbivory; Laguncularia racemosa; Mangrove; Nitrogen; Rhizophora mangle; Tannin

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRAB; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; LEAF; MANGROVE;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARATUS PISONII; AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FRAXINUS; HALOPHILA; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; SESARMIDAE;

EID: 4444261105     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00325.x     Document Type: Article

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