Tests of hypotheses on patterns of gall distribution along an altitudinal gradient

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 219-232

  Lara, A C F ^a   Fernandes, G W ^a   Goncalves Alvim S J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradients; Environmental stress; Insect galls; Insect herbivory; Serra do Cip

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036970949     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2002.10531176     Document Type: Article

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