Species richness of insects and mites on trees: Expanding Southwood

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 491-504

  Brändle, Martin ^a,c   Brandl, Roland ^b  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c The State Museum of Natural History Museum Karlsruhe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Insects; Mites; Specialists; Species area relationship; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIANCE; GERMANY; INSECT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

INSECT; MITE; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 17344380637     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2001.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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