The magnitude of local host specificity for phytophagous insects and its implications for estimates of global species richness

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1182-1186

  Ødegaard, Frode ^a   Diserud, Ola H ^b   Engen, Steinar ^b   Aagaard, Kaare ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HERBIVORE; HOST SPECIFICITY; INSECT;

EID: 0033851849     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99393.x     Document Type: Article

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