Recent advances in the integrative nutrition of arthropods

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 293-311

  Simpson, Stephen J ^a   Clissold, Fiona J ^a   Lihoreau, Mathieu ^a,b,c   Ponton, Fleur ^a   Wilder, Shawn M ^a,d   Raubenheimer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric framework for nutrition; Immunology; Nutrient acquisition; Social nutrition; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTHROPOD; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; MICROBIOTA; PLANTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84920797413     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-020917     Document Type: Review

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