Phenology of Plumeria alba and its herbivores in a tropical dry forest

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-201

  Sloan, Steven A ^a   Zimmerman, Jess K ^b   Sabat, Alberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b University of Puerto Rico Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; Gu nica; Herbivory; Photoperiod; Plant insect interaction; Pseudosphinx tetrio; Puerto Rico; Sphingidae

Indexed keywords

ABSCISSION; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CATERPILLAR; DECIDUOUS TREE; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MOTH; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RAINFALL; REPRODUCTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; GUANICA FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

APOCYNACEAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUMERIA; PLUMERIA ALBA; PSEUDOSPHINX TETRIO; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 33846990939     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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