Relationships between host plant architecture and gall abundance and survival

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-81

  Lara, Daniela P ^a   Oliveira, Lázaro A ^a   Azevedo, Islaine F P ^a   Xavier, Márcia F ^a   Silveira, Fernando A O ^a,c   Carneiro, Marco Antonio Alves ^b,c   Fernandes, G Wilson ^c  

^a Ciências e Letras do Alto São Francisco   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Insect galls; Plant size; Structural complexity

Indexed keywords

GELECHIIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACAIREA RADULA; MELASTOMATACEAE;

EID: 42649133476     PISSN: 00855626     EISSN: 18069665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262008000100014     Document Type: Article

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