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Experimental demonstration of the anti-herbivore effects of silica in grasses: impacts on foliage digestibility and vole growth rates
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posted on 2023-06-08, 00:32 authored by Fergus P Massey, Sue E HartleyNo description supplied
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- Published
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Proceedings B: Biological SciencesISSN
0962-8452Publisher
Royal Society, TheExternal DOI
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273Page range
2299-2304Pages
6.0Department affiliated with
- Biology and Environmental Science Publications
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Hartley helped develop the ideas, design the experiments and did substantial amounts of the writing. This is the first experimental demonstration that silica is an effective inducible defence that reduces vole growth rates, identifying the first credible mechanism by which plant-based factors could drive population cycles in small mammals.Full text available
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2012-02-06Usage metrics
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