Prevalence of monodominant vigorous tree populations in the tropics: Herbivory pressure on Tabebuia species in very different habitats

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 932-941

  Ribeiro, Sérvio P ^a   Brown, Valerie K ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Genetic polymorphism; Habitat selection; Habitat mediated speciation; Insect herbivory; Monodominance; Neotropical biomes; Pantanal Matogrossense; Soft selection; Tabebuia

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

PANTANAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

INSECTA; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA AUREA; TABEBUIA OCHRACEA;

EID: 33746718254     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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