Algal defenses, population stability, and the risk of herbivore extinctions: A chemostat model and experiment

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1145-1153

  van der Stap, Irene ^a   Vos, Matthijs ^a   Kooi, Bob W ^b   Mulling, Bram T M ^a   van Donk, Ellen ^a   Mooij, Wolf M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachionus; Herbivory; Phenotypic plasticity; Plant defenses; Scenedesmus

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHEMOSTAT; EXTINCTION RISK; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORE; INVERTEBRATE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT DEFENSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ALGAE; BRACHIONUS; ROTIFERA; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 77951090329     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0596-3     Document Type: Article

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