Why are there so many species of herbivorous insects in tropical rainforests?

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5790, 2006, Pages 1115-1118

  Novotny, Vojtech ^a   Drozd, Pavel ^b   Miller, Scott E ^c   Kulfan, Miroslav ^d   Janda, Milan ^a   Basset, Yves ^e   Weiblen, George D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

HERBIVOROUS INSECTS; RAINFORESTS; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; TROPICAL FORESTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

COEXISTENCE; HERBIVORE; INSECT; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; FEEDING; FOLIAGE; HERBIVORY; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; TROPICS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; SLOVAKIA; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; TREES;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33748065345     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1129237     Document Type: Article

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