Tolerance for nutrient imbalance in an intermittently feeding herbivorous cricket, the Wellington tree weta

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Wehi, Priscilla M ^a,d   Raubenheimer, David ^b,c   Morgan Richards, Mary ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENSIFERA; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HEMIDEINA CRASSIDENS; HERBIVORE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL TOLERANCE; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; HERBIVORY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; TREES;

EID: 84892910008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084641     Document Type: Article

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