Explaining leaf herbivory rates on tree seedlings in a Malaysian rain forest

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 416-421

  Eichhorn, Markus P ^a,d   Fagan, K C ^a   Compton, Stephen G ^a   Dent, Daisy H ^b   Hartley, Sue E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community feeding pressure; Dipterocarp; Feeding preference; Leaf fracture toughness; Nitrogen; Phenolics; Sepilok, Sabah

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HERBIVORY; INSECT; LEAF; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PLANT DEFENSE; RAINFOREST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEEDLING;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SEPILOK FOREST RESERVE; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 34247397067     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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