Species richness of insect herbivore communities on Ficus in Papua New Guinea

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 477-499

  Basset, Yves ^a,c   Novotny, Vojtech ^b,c,d  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^d Insect Ecology Project   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Auchenorrhyncha; Host plant; Leaf chewing insects; Lepidoptera; Moraceae; Rain forest; Sap sucking insects

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORE; INSECT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MADANG; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANIMALIA; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; FICUS; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MORACEAE;

EID: 0032776680     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0308     Document Type: Article

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