Latitudinal variation in herbivore pressure in Atlantic Coast salt marshes

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 183-195

  Pennings, Steven C ^a   Ho, Chuan Kai ^a   Salgado, Cristiano S ^a,b   Wieski, Kazimierz ^a   Davé, Nilam ^a,b   Kunza, Amy E ^a,c   Wason, Elizabeth L ^a,d  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b Department of Health Safety and Environment Praia de Botafogo ^*  (United States)

^c Tolunay Wong Engineers Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Common garden experiment; Herbivore pressure; Latitudinal variation; Plant herbivore interactions; Salt marsh; Top down effects

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; FEEDING; HERBIVORE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SALTMARSH; TAXONOMY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DEMOGRAPHY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DEMOGRAPHY; INSECTS; PLANTS; UNITED STATES; WETLANDS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS HALIMIFOLIA; GASTROPODA; IVA FRUTESCENS; JUNCUS; JUNCUS GERARDII; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO SEMPERVIRENS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 63849104291     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0222.1     Document Type: Article

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