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phytophilous

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Adj.1.phytophilous - (of animals) feeding on plants
phytophagic, phytophagous, plant-eating
animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
herbivorous - feeding only on plants
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3), where streams have a low slope and a relatively wide channel, can be explained by comparatively good light conditions, which favour extensive occurrence of aquatic macrophytes with phytophilous invertebrate species.
Macroinvertebrates in Estonian streams: the effects of habitat, ... by Timm, Henn; Mardi, Kristiina; Mols, Tonu / Estonian Journal of Ecology
In this study the effects of oil pollution resembled the effects of moderate organic enrichment such as decrease in diversity, reduction of phytophilous species, and increase in pollution tolerant species observed in other Estonian coastal areas (Kotta, 2000; Kotta et al.
Sensitivity of benthic vegetation and invertebrate functional guilds ... by Kotta, Jonne; Martin, Georg; Aps, Robert / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Biology/Ecology
On silty sand or silt the phytophilous species Endochironomus, Polypedilum, Glyptotendipes, and Pseudochironomus are common among the macrovegetation.
Variation of macrozoobenthos communities in the reed Phragmites ... by Kumari, Margit; Kangur, Kulli; Haldna, Marina / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Biology/Ecology
 
 
 
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