The microbial dimension in insect nutritional ecology

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-47

  Douglas, A E ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellulose degradation; Mutualism; Phytophagous insects; Symbiosis; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; DIGESTION; ECOLOGY; INSECT; METABOLISM; NUTRITION;

APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 58349107468     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01442.x     Document Type: Review

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