Small gap creation in Belizean mangrove forests by a wood-boring insect

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 607-617

  Feller, Ilka C ^a   McKee, Karen L ^b,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avicennia germinans; Belize; Cerambycid; Elaphidion mimeticum; Indirect herbivory; Light gaps; Mangrove; Rhizophora mangle; Seedling survival; Wood boring insects; Xylovory

Indexed keywords

GAP DYNAMICS; HERBIVORY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

BELIZE;

ANIMALIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ELAPHIDION; ELAPHIDION MIMETICUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 0033499757     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00408.x     Document Type: Article

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