Species richness of herbivorous insects on Nothofagus trees in South America and New Zealand: The importance of chemical attributes of the host

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-18

  Lavandero, Blas ^a   Labra, Antonieta ^b   Ramírez, Claudio C ^a   Niemeyer, Hermann M ^c   Fuentes Contreras, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chemical uniqueness; Insect herbivores; Latitudinal ranges; Longitudinal ranges; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS ALESSANDRI; NOTHOFAGUS DOMBEYI;

EID: 57749200991     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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