Regional and local species richness of gall-inducing insects in two tropical rain forests in Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 595-598

  Oyama, Ken ^a   Pérez Pérez, Miguel Angel ^a   Cuevas Reyes, Pablo ^a   Luna Reyes, Rosaura ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Herbivory; Insect galls; Species richness

Indexed keywords

GALL INSECT; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MEXICO;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0142122826     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403003651     Document Type: Article

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