The role of the host-specific grasshopper Cornops aquaticum (Orthoptera: Acrididae) as consumer of native Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae) floating meadows

The role of the host-specific grasshopper Cornops aquaticum (Orthoptera: Acrididae) as consumer of native Eichhornia crassipes (Pontederiaceae) floating meadows

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Cornops aquaticum is a widely distributed semiaquatic grasshopper in the Neotropics. The development, feeding and oviposition of C. aquaticum take place on Pontederiaceae, especially on species of Eichhornia. Several aspects of the feeding of C. aquaticum are studied because is one of the most impor...

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Main Authors: María Celeste Franceschini, María Laura De Wysiecki, Alicia Poi de Neiff, María Eugenia Galassi, Fedra Solange Martínez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2011-09-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
consumo
Cornops aquaticum
Eichhornia crassipes
herbivoría
planicie de inundación
productividad de macrófitas
tucuras
consumption
floodplain
grasshopper
herbivory
macrophyte productivity
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