Local and regional spatial distribution of an eruptive and a latent herbivore insect species

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-107

  Ribeiro, Katia T ^a,c   Codeço, Cláudia T ^b   Fernandes, G Wilson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c IBAMA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggregation patterns; Covariance; Herbivory; Insect behaviour; Local quadrat covariance methods; Search capability; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; CLASSIFICATION; HERBIVORE; INSECT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL;

ABGRALLASPIS; ABGRALLASPIS CYANOPHYLLI; ANIMALIA; COCCOLOBA; COCCOLOBA CEREIFERA; COLEOPTERA; DIASPIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; STENAPION CONTRARIUM;

EID: 0043207550     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01235.x     Document Type: Article

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