Delayed induced silica defences in grasses and their potential for destabilising herbivore population dynamics

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 445-456

  Reynolds, Jennifer J H ^a   Lambin, Xavier ^b   Massey, Fergus P ^b,c   Reidinger, Stefan ^c,e   Sherratt, Jonathan A ^a   Smith, Matthew J ^d   White, Andrew ^a   Hartley, Sue E ^c,e  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional response; Herbivory; Population cycles; Trophic interactions; Voles

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FOOD QUALITY; GRASS; HERBIVORY; NONLINEARITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT; SILICA; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; POACEAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 84866338500     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2326-8     Document Type: Article

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