Spatial patterns of herbivory by gall-forming insects: A test of the soil fertility hypothesis in a Mexican tropical dry forest

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Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 181-189

  Cuevas Reyes, Pablo ^a   Quesada, Mauricio ^a   Siebe, Christina ^b   Oyama, Ken ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALL INSECT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

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

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 5344259077     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13263.x     Document Type: Article

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