Diversity of gall-inducing insects in a Mexican tropical dry forest: The importance of plant species richness, life-forms, host plant age and plant density

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 707-716

  Cuevas Reyes, Pablo ^a   Quesada, Mauricio ^a   Hanson, Paul ^b   Dirzo, Rodolfo ^c   Oyama, Ken ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gall species richness; Herbivory; Host plant age; Life forms; Plant density; Plant species richness; Plant animal interactions; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIODIVERSITY; DRY FOREST; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHAMELA-CUIXMALA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RIPARIA;

EID: 3943057592     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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