Colonising aliens: Caterpillars (Lepidoptera) feeding on Piper aduncum and P. umbellatum in rainforests of Papua New Guinea

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 704-716

  Novotny, Vojtech ^a,e   Miller, Scott E ^b   Cizek, Lukas ^a   Leps, Jan ^a   Janda, Milan ^a   Basset, Yves ^c   Weiblen, George D ^d   Darrow, Karolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Enemy free space; Escape from natural enemies; Herbivory; Host specificity; Invasive alien species; Malesia; Niche saturation; Non indigenous; Rainforest succession; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; HOST RANGE; HOST SPECIFICITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANIMALIA; CRAMBINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROPIPER; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PIPER ADUNCUM; PIPER UMBELLATUM; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 0347567082     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2003.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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