The impact of a locust plague on mangroves of the arid Western Australia coast

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-311

  Reef, Ruth ^a   Ball, Marilyn C ^b   Lovelock, Catherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Austracris guttulosa; Avicennia marina; herbivory; insect plant relations; nutrients; Orthoptera; salinity; tropics; wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABSCISSION; ADAPTATION; ARID REGION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DECOMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; LITTERFALL; LOCUST; MANGROVE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RESORPTION; SALINITY; SENESCENCE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRACRIS GUTTULOSA; AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84859786852     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467412000041     Document Type: Article

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