The importance of plant relatedness for host utilization among phytophagous insects

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 612-617

  Ødegaard, Frode ^a   Diserud, Ola H ^a   Østbye, Kjartan ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Canopy crane; Coleoptera; Evolution of host range; Herbivore communities; Host specificity; Insect plant interactions; Panama; Plant taxonomy; Species richness; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST USE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RELATEDNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 20444428697     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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