Do tropical forest leaves suffer more insect herbivory? a comparison of tropical versus temperate herbivory, estimated from leaf litter

Ecological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1381-1392

  Adams, Jonathan M ^a,b   Zhang, Yangjian ^c   Basri, Md ^a   Shukor, Noraini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Forest; Herbivory; Malaysia; North America; Singapore; Temperate; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORY; LEAF LITTER; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SECONDARY FOREST; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; NORTH AMERICA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 70350414412     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0623-4     Document Type: Article

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