Effect of Climate-Related Change in Vegetation on Leaf Litter Consumption and Energy Storage by Gammarus pulex from Continental or Mediterranean Populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Foucreau, Natacha ^a,b,c,d,e   Piscart, Christophe ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Puijalon, Sara ^a,b,c,d,e   Hervant, Frédéric ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystemes Naturels et Anthropises   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; GAMMARUS PULEX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; LEAF LITTER; LEAF STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84885802088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077242     Document Type: Article

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