An altitudinal comparison of caterpillar (Lepidoptera) assemblages on Ficus trees in Papua New Guinea

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1303-1314

  Novotny, Vojtech ^a,f   Miller, Scott E ^b   Basset, Yves ^c   Cizek, Lukas ^a   Darrow, Karolyn ^b   Kaupa, Borenke ^d   Kua, Joseph ^d   Weiblen, George D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d New Guinea Binatang Research Center   (Papua New Guinea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Cryptic species; Elevation gradient; Ficus; Host specificity; Lepidoptera; Malesia; Rain forest; Species diversity; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CATERPILLAR; ELEVATION; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT;

MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WORLD;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 25144450677     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01225.x     Document Type: Article

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