Abundance and impact of a Lepidopteran gall on Macairea radula (Melastomataceae) in the Neotropics

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-125

  De Gonçalves Alvim, Silmary De J ^a   Landau, Elena Charlotte ^a   Fagundes, Marcílio ^a   Da Silva, Vânia G ^a   Nunes, Yule R F ^a   Fernandes, Wilson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gall impacts; Habitat stress; Heliodinidae; Herbivory; Insect galls

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GALL; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; PEST DAMAGE;

BRAZIL;

HELIODINIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MACAIREA RADULA;

EID: 0343415592     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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