Discriminating tastes: Self-selection of macronutrients in two populations of grasshoppers

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 264-273

  Fielding, Dennis J ^a,b   Defoliart, Linda S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Insect nutrition; Orthoptera

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; GRASSHOPPER; HOST PLANT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBARCTIC REGION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ALASKA; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACRIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 50849127456     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2008.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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