The effect of the taxon and geographic range size of host eucalypt species on the species richness of gall-forming insects

Austral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 332-335

  Rosalind Blanche, K ^a   Westoby, Mark ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Gall forming insect; Geographic range size; Host plant taxon; Local species richness; Regional species richness; Species area effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444368694     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1996.tb00616.x     Document Type: Article

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