The relative importance of trees versus lianas as hosts for phytophagous beetles (Coleoptera) in tropical forests

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-296

  Odegaard, F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Canopy; Host specificity; Lianas; Panama; Phytophagous beetles; Species richness; Trees; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EPIPHYTE; HOST SPECIFICITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0033837753     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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