Fire effects on a Palicourea rigida (rubiaceae) gall midge: A test of the plant vigor hypothesis

Biotropica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 210-217

  Vieira, Emerson M ^a   Andrade, Isabel ^b   Price, Peter W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GALL MIDGE; LEAF GALL; PLANT VIGOUR HYPOTHESIS; REGROWTH;

BRAZIL, BRASILIA;

CECIDOMYIIDAE; CONTARINIA; DIPTERA; PALICOUREA RIGIDA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0030439591     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389075     Document Type: Article

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