Does flooding favour galling insects?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 491-494

  Ribeiro, Katia T ^a   Madeira, João A ^b   Monteiro, Ricardo F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Calophyllum brasiliense; Cecidomyiidae; Flooding; Hypoxia; Insect galls; Lopesia; Plant stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031763696     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00162.x     Document Type: Review

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