Gall-forming and free-feeding herbivory along vertical gradients in a lowland tropical rainforest: The importance of leaf sclerophylly

Ecography

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 663-672

  Pontes Ribeiro, Sérvio ^a   Basset, Yves ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING; FUNGUS; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; INSECT; LARVA; PARASITOID; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVORSHIP; VEGETATION TYPE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COLON [PANAMA]; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SAN LORENZO PROTECTED AREA;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 35848949062     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.05083.x     Document Type: Article

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