Host-plant quality alters grass/forb consumption by a mixed-feeding insect herbivore, Melanoplus bivittatus (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 546-554

  Jonas, Jayne L ^a,b   Joern, Anthony ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

C 3 photosynthetic pathway; C4 photosynthetic pathway; Carbon (C); Grasshopper; Nitrogen (N); Optimal foraging; Orthoptera: Acrididae; Phosphorus (P); Stoichiometry; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; GRASSHOPPER; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; HOST QUALITY; NUTRITION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ACRIDIDAE; HESPEROTETTIX VIRIDIS; HEXAPODA; MELANOPLUS BIVITTATUS; ORTHOPTERA; PHOETALIOTES NEBRASCENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 64549150656     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01004.x     Document Type: Article

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