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

Date

Authors

Reef, Ruth

Ball, Marilyn

Lovelock, Catherine

Publisher

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

Keywords

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

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/61923

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1017/S0266467412000041

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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