Lepidopteran caterpillar fauna of cerrado host plants

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 817-836

  Diniz, Ivone R ^a   Morais, Helena C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cerrado; Diversity; Herbivores; Host plants; Lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

BYRSONIMA; ERYTHROXYLUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; QUALEA;

EID: 0030973387     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000010404.17467.6c     Document Type: Article

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