Legacy effects of low N diets on a vernal folivore: Deprivation leads to gluttony

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1003-1016

  Trier, Terry M ^a   Mattson, William J ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Applied Ecosystem Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Beneficial acclimation hypothesis; Calorimetry; Diet switching; Dietary acclimation hypothesis; Nutritional ecology

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

CALORIMETRY; DIET; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRITION; TESTING METHOD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MOTHS; NITROGEN; SEX FACTORS;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA;

EID: 50949088794     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[1003:LEOLND]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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