Phylogenetic indices for measuring the diet breadths of phytophagous insects

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 427-434

  Symons, Fernley B ^a   Beccaloni, George W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Host plants; Minimum spanning subtree; Phylogenetic Diversity index

Indexed keywords

DIET; INSECT; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0033028941     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050804     Document Type: Article

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