Habitat and successional status of plants in relation to the communities of their leaf-chewing herbivores in Papua New Guinea

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 186-199

  Lepš, Jan ^a   Novotný, Vojtěch ^a,b   Basset, Yves ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Euphorbiaceae; Host specificity; Moraceae; Plant palatability; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERBIVORY; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION (ENVIRONMENT);

PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION; WOODY PLANT;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

FICUS;

EID: 0035031597     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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