Elephants versus butterflies: The ecological role of large herbivores in the evolutionary history of two tropical worlds

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1357-1380

  Cristoffer, Cris ^a   Peres, Carlos A ^b  

^a Luke AFB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flower visitors; Frugivory; Herbivores; Macroevolution; Neotropics; Paleotropics; Rain forest; Savanna

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BODY MASS; EVOLUTION; HERBIVORE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141538146     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00926.x     Document Type: Review

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