Incidence of leaf mining in different vegetation types across rainfall, canopy cover and latitudinal gradients

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 353-360

  Sinclair, Robyn J ^a   Hughes, Lesley ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foliar projected cover; Herbivory; Host plant selection; Latitudinal gradient; Leaf traits; Rainfall gradient

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ECOLOGY; FOREST COVER; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; HOST SELECTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LEAFMINER; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AGROMYZIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 42149162316     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01825.x     Document Type: Article

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