Seasonality of sap-sucking insects (Auchenorrhyncha, Hemiptera) feeding on Ficus (Moraceae) in a lowland rain forest in New Guinea

Oecologia

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 514-522

  Novotny, Vojtech ^a   Basset, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Herbivores; Host specificity; Insect abundance; Phenology; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

FEEDING GUILD; HERBIVORE; HOST SPECIFICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

AUCHENORRHYNCHA; FICUS; HOMOPTERA;

EID: 0031872234     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050549     Document Type: Article

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