Using gall wasps on oaks to test broad ecological concepts

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1405-1416

  Price, Peter W ^a   Abrahamson, Warren G ^b,c   Hunter, Mark D ^d   Melika, George ^e  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cynipidae; Florida; Hymenoptera; Plant architecture hypothesis; Species richness hotspot; Theory of island biogeography

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; HERBIVORE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYNIPIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; QUERCUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 5344225297     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00547.x     Document Type: Review

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