Gall-forming insect species richness along a non-scleromorphic vegetation rainfall gradient in South Africa: The importance of plant community composition

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Veldtman, R ^a   McGeoch, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gall forming insects; Hygrothermal stress; Plant architecture; Savanna; Soil fertility; Species richness patterns

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GALL INSECT; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RAINFALL; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; COMBRETACEAE; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TERMINALIA;

EID: 0037332195     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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