Diversity of insect-induced galls along a temperature-rainfall gradient in the tropical savannah region of the Northern Territory, Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 311-318

  Blanche, K R ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aridity; Gall inducing insects; Hygrothermal stress; Plant community types; Sclerophylly; Soil fertility; Species richness; Wet dry tropics

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0001124027     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00035.x     Document Type: Article

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