Rare species in communities of tropical insect herbivores: Pondering the mystery of singletons

Oikos

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 564-572

  Novotný, Vojtech ^a   Basset, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORE; HOST SPECIFICITY; INSECT; RARE SPECIES;

AUCHENORRHYNCHA; COLEOPTERA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FICUS MORACEAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACARANGA; MORACEAE; ORTHOPTERA; PHASMATODEA;

EID: 0034088501     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.890316.x     Document Type: Article

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