Communities of insect herbivores foraging on saplings versus mature trees of Pourouma bicolor (Cecropiaceae) in Panama

Oecologia

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 253-260

  Basset, Yves ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Rainforest; Species richness; Understorey; Upper canopy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HERBIVORY; INSECT; SAPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PANAMA;

EID: 0034772115     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100724     Document Type: Article

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