Palatability and Chemical Defense of Phragmites australis to the Marsh Periwinkle Snail Littoraria irrorata

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 838-845

  Hendricks, Lindsey G ^a   Mossop, Hannah E ^a   Kicklighter, Cynthia E ^a  

^a GOUCHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine; Exotic; Non native; Plant herbivore; Resistance to herbivory

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARSH; PALATABILITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SNAIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SNAIL; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POACEAE; SNAILS; WETLANDS;

NORTH AMERICA;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; GASTROPODA; LITTORARIA IRRORATA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 79960975248     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-9990-8     Document Type: Article

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