Increased herbivory in forest isolates: Implications for plant community structure and composition

Conservation Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 624-633

  Rao, Madhu ^a,c   Terborgh, John ^a   Nuñez, Percy ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; ATTA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034988778     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.015003624.x     Document Type: Article

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