Distribution of gastropods in floodplain compartments and feeding preferences for river corridor plant species: Is there an effect of gastropod herbivory on the distribution of river corridor plants?

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 534-543

  Hensgen, Frank ^a   Albrecht, Christian ^a   Donath, Tobias W ^a   Otte, Annette ^a   Eckstein, R Lutz ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alluvial meadows; Distribution; Palatability; Plant animal interactions; Upper Rhine

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOODPLAIN; GASTROPOD; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; LABORATORY METHOD; MEADOW; OMNIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION TYPE;

GERMANY; RHINE VALLEY; UPPER RHINE VALLEY;

ANIMALIA; ARABIS; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; GASTROPODA; RUDERALIA; TARAXACUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; VIOLA PUMILA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 79955888233     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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