Experience influences diet mixing by herbivores: Implications for plant biochemical diversity

Oikos

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 100-109

  Villalba, Juan J ^a   Provenza, Frederick D ^a   Han, Guo Dong ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; HERBIVORE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LAMB; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 5344239591     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12983.x     Document Type: Article

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