Global patterns in local number of insect galling species

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 581-591

  Price, Peter W ^a   Wilson Fernandes, G ^b   Lara, Angela Christina F ^b   Brawn, Jeffrey ^c   Barrios, Hector ^d   Wright, Mark G ^e   Ribeiro, Servio P ^b   Rothcliff, Nikita ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Galling insects; Latitudinal gradients; Local species richness; Scleromorphic vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GALL; INSECT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 15144358618     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.2530581.x     Document Type: Article

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