Temperature-Food interaction in herbivorous insects
- 1 January 1972
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Oecologia
- Vol. 9 (4) , 399-402
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00345342
Abstract
Constant low temperature and poorly digestible food hinder growth of herbivorous insects. This may be one of the reasons which exclude poikilothermic herbivores from the high arctic tundra (in contrast to high alpine ecosystems).Keywords
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