Seed consumption by millipedes

Pedobiologia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-36

  Koprdova S ^a   Saska, P ^a   Honek A ^a   Martinkova Z ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Animal plant interaction; Diplopoda; Food habits; Seed mortality; Seed predation; Size constraints

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; SEED PREDATION; SEED SIZE;

ANIMALIA; CYLINDROIULUS CAERULEOCINCTUS; DIPLOPODA; JULIDAE;

EID: 78149469825     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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