Beta diversity of plant-insect food webs in tropical forests: A conceptual framework

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-9

  Novotny, Vojtech ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b New Guinea Binatang Research Center   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Community similarity; Diversity; Environmental gradients; Geographical distribution; Herbivory; Host specificity; Interactions; Papua New Guinea; Plant herbivore; Rainforests; Species turnover; Tropic specialisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349599121     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2008.00035.x     Document Type: Review

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