Context dependence in foraging behaviour of Achillea millefolium

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 925-933

  Karst, Justine D ^a   Belter, Pamela R ^a   Bennett, Jonathan A ^a   Cahill Jr , James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Heterogeneous; Inoculation; Marginal value theorem; Roots

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HETEROGENEITY; INOCULATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 84869080705     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2358-0     Document Type: Article

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