Pattern of herbivore abundance along a climatic gradient: Guild shift of leaf-feeding insects and changes in leaf characteristics

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 977-982

  Hysell, Molly Thomas ^a,b   Wagner, Michael R ^a   Grier, Charles C ^a,c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic gradient; Insect feeding guilds; Insect herbivore abundance; Pi on pines; Xeromorphic leaf characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030483521     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.5.977     Document Type: Article

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