Species richness and abundance of defoliating Lepidoptera associated with Eucalyptus grandis in Brazil and their response to plant age

Austral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 582-589

  Zanuncio, J C ^a   Guedes, R N C ^a   Zanuncio, T V ^a   Fabres, A S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Celulose Nipo Brasileira SA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eucalypt defoliators; Insect abundance; Insect survey; Outbreak species; Stenalcidia grossica

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442314073     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01126.x     Document Type: Article

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