Environmental gradients and herbivore feeding preferences in coastal salt marshes

Oecologia

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 591-600

  Goranson, Carol E ^a   Ho, Chuan Kai ^b   Pennings, Steven C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Plant stress; Plant vigor; Plant herbivore interactions; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOOD PREFERENCE; PALATABILITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SALTMARSH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEORGIA; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEXAS;

EID: 4544269342     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1615-2     Document Type: Article

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