Local communities of arboreal herbivores in Papua New Guinea: Predictors of insect variables

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1906-1919

  Basset, Yves ^a,b  

^a BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^b An Institute of CAB International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ants; Host specificity; Insect plant interactions; Insects; Leaf production; Papua New Guinea; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL HERBIVORE; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICS;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0030441381     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265794     Document Type: Article

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