Control of Avicennia germinans recruitment and survival by Junonia evarete larvae in a disturbed mangrove forest in Colombia

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 791-805

  Elster, Carola ^a,b,d   Perdomo, Laura ^b   Polanía, Jaime ^c   Schnetter, Marie Luise ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS INVEMAR   (Colombia)

^c Universidad Nacional de Colombia   (Colombia)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avicennia germinans; Colombia; Herbivory; Junonia evarete; Mangrove; Plant animal interaction; Regeneration; Seedlings

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; MANGROVE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL;

COLOMBIA;

AVICENNIA GERMINANS; JUNONIA EVARETE; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0033368372     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467499001182     Document Type: Article

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