Phylogenetic dispersion of host use in a tropical insect herbivore community

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Weiblen, George D ^a   Webb, Campbell O ^b,f   Novotny, Vojtech ^c   Basset, Yves ^d   Miller, Scott E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Community phylogenetics; Herbivory; Host specialization; Host specificity; Phylogenetic dispersion; Phylogeny; Plant insect interactions; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERBIVORE; HOST USE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTEROIDEA;

EID: 33749822715     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[62:pdohui]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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