The impact of a locust plague on mangroves of the arid Western Australia coast

Date

2012

Authors

Reef, Ruth
Ball, Marilyn
Lovelock, Catherine

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Cambridge University Press

Abstract

Mangroves generally grow in nutrient-poor environments and maintain high levels of productivity through unique adaptations for nutrient conservation (Reef et al. 2010). One such adaptation in mangroves is highly efficient resorption of limiting nutrients

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Keywords: abscission; adaptation; arid region; biological production; decomposition; disturbance; food web; growth rate; herbivory; litterfall; locust; mangrove; microbial community; nutrient cycling; organic carbon; plant-insect interaction; resorption; salinity; Austracris guttulosa; Avicennia marina; herbivory; insect-plant relations; nutrients; Orthoptera; salinity; tropics; wetlands

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Journal of Tropical Ecology

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Journal article

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2037-12-31