Host specificity of insect herbivores in tropical forests

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1568, 2005, Pages 1083-1090

  Novotny, Vojtech ^a   Basset, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Food web; Herbivore guild; Host plant range; Insect sampling; Rainforest; Species richness

Indexed keywords

HOST SPECIFICITY; INSECT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST RANGE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

AGROMYZIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 22544441354     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.3023     Document Type: Review

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