Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) species composition and size across latitude in Atlantic Coast salt marshes

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 335-343

  Wason, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Pennings, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Biogeography; Latitude; Orthoptera; Plant herbivore interactions; Salt marsh; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; FLOWER; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRASS; GRASSHOPPER; LABORATORY METHOD; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PALATABILITY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SALTMARSH; SEED;

CONOCEPHALUS; CONOCEPHALUS SPARTINAE; JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS; ORCHELIMUM CONCINNUM; ORCHELIMUM FIDICINIUM; ORTHOPTERA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 46249098643     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-007-9026-3     Document Type: Article

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