Canopy herbivore community structure: Large-scale geographical variation and relation to forest composition

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 278-290

  Franklin, Anne J ^a,d   Liebhold, Andrew M ^b   Murray, Kathleen ^b   Donahue, Charlene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Maine Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^c Maine Forest Service   (United States)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Canopy; Diversity; Geographic variation; Geostatistics; Herbivore community; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HERBIVORE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

ABIES; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; CONIFEROPHYTA; GILPINIA HERCYNIAE; INSECTA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PICEA; PIKONEMA ALASKENSIS; PINUS STROBUS; SEMIOTHISA; STROBUS;

EID: 0038010229     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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