Alien Plants are Less Palatable to Pest Herbivores than Native Plants: Evidence from Cafeteria Experiments in Search of Suitable Plant Species to Restore Degraded Ecosystems

Nowadays, the ecology and evolutionary potential of alien species are the subjects of several ecological studies. The goal of this study was to compare the feeding preference of Arion ater on seedlings and leaves of alien and native plant species. Seedlings of three native species and one alien spec...

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Main Authors: Gamoun Mouldi, Louhaichi Mounir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-03-01
Series:Ekológia (Bratislava)
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2021-0003