Caterpillar seasonality in a central Brazilian cerrado

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1025-1033

  Morais, Helena C ^a   Diniz, Ivone R ^a   Silva, Delano M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Caterpillar abundance; Cerrado; Dry season; Herbivores; Host plants; Lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006044658     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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