An alien in an archipelago: Spathodea campanulata and the geographic variability of its moth (Lepidoptera) communities in the New Guinea and Bismarck Islands

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 769-778

  Bito, Darren ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

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

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Caterpillar community; Host specificity; Insect dispersal; Invasive species; Islands; Malesia; Similarity decay; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; EVERGREEN TREE; FEEDING; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOTH; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATERSHED;

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; MADANG; MELANESIA; NEW BRITAIN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SEPIK RIVER; UNEA;

ACHERONTIA LACHESIS; BIGNONIACEAE; HEXAPODA; HYBLAEA PUERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PSILOGRAMMA MENEPHRON; SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA;

EID: 34247256849     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01652.x     Document Type: Article

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