Convergence in the variation of local and regional galling species richness;Convergência na variação local e regional da riqueza de espécies de insetos galhadores

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 547-553

  Carneiro, Marco A A ^a,b   Fernandes, G W ^c   de Souza, O F F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Baccharis concinna; Diversity; Ecological community; Herbivore

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; ASTERACEAE; BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS CONCINNA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70749133210     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2005000400003     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Barroso, G. 1976. Compositae-subtribo Baccharidinae Hoffmann estudo das espécies ocorrentes no Brasil. Rodriguésia 40: 7-273.
2. Blanche, K.R. & M. Westoby. 1995. Gall-forming insect diversity is linked to soil fertility via host plant taxon. Ecology 76: 2334-2337.
3. Boecklen, W.J. & M.T. Hoffman. 1993. Sex-biased herbivory in Ephedra trifurca: The importance of sex- by-environment interactions. Oecologia 96: 49-55.
4. Eiten, G. 1978. Delimitation of the cerrado concept. Vegetatio 36: 169-178.
5. Fernandes, G.W. 1990. Hypersensitivity: a neglected plant resistance mechanism against insect herbivores. Environ. Entomol. 19: 1173-1182.
6. Fernandes, G.W. 1998. Hypersensitivity as a phenotypic basis of plant induced resistance against a galling insect (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Environ. Entomol. 27: 260-267.
7. Fernandes, G.W. & A.C.F. Lara. 1993. Diversity of Indonesian gall-forming herbivores along altitudinal gradients. Biod. Lett. 1: 186-192.
8. Fernandes G.W., A.C.F. Lara & P.W. Price. 1994. The geography of galling insects and the mechanisms resulting in patterns, p.42-48. In W.J. Mattson, Y. Baranchikov & P.W. Price (eds.), Gall-forming insects: Ecology, physiology, and evolution. North Carolina, United States Department of Agriculture, 222p.
9. Fernandes, G.W., M.A.A. Carneiro, A.C.F. Lara, L.R. Allain, G.R. Julião, G.I. Andrade, T.R. Reis & I.M. Silva. 1996. Galling insects on neotropical species of Baccharis (Asteraceae). Trop. Zool. 9: 315-332.
10. Fernandes, G.W. & P.W. Price. 1988. Biogeographical gradients in galling species richness: tests of hypotheses. Oecologia 76: 161-167.
11. Fernandes G.W. & P.W. Price. 1991. Comparison of tropical and temperate galling species richness: The roles of environmental harshness and plant nutrient status. p.91-115. In P.W. Price, T.M. Lewinsohn, G.W. Fernandes & W.W. Benson (eds.), Plant-animal interactions: Evolutionary ecology in tropical and temperate regions. New York, John Wiley, 639p.
12. Fernandes, G.W. & P.W. Price. 1992. The adaptive significance of insect gall distribution: Survivorship of species in xeric and mesic habitats. Oecologia 90: 14-20.
13. Fernandes, G.W., S.J. Gonçalves-Alvim & M.A.A. Carneiro. 2005. Habitat-driven effects on the diversity of gall-inducing insects in the Brazilian cerrado, p.687- 704. In A. Raman, C.W. Schaefer & T.M. Withers (eds.), Biology, ecology, and evolution of gall-inducing arthropods. New Hampshire, Science Publishers Inc., 774p.
14. Gagné, R.J. 1989. The plant-feeding gall midges of North America. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 368p.
15. Gagné, R.J. 1994. The gall midges of the region neotropical. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 352p.
16. Gaston, K.J. 1991. The magnitude of global insect species richness. Conserv. Biol. 5: 283-296.
17. Giiulietti, A.M., N.L. Menezes, J.R. Pirani, M. Meguro & M.G.L. Wanderley. 1987. Flora da Serra do Cipó: Caracterização e lista de espécies. Bolm. Bot. 9: 1-151.
18. Herms, D.A. & W.J. Mattson. 1992. The dilema of plants: To grow or defend. Quart. Rev. Biol. 67: 283-335.
19. Lara, A.C.F. & G.W. Fernandes. 1996. The highest diversity of galling insects: Serra do Cipó, Brazil. Biod. Lett. 3: 111-114.
20. Lawton, J. H. 1996. Patterns in ecology. Oikos 75: 145-147.
21. MacArthur, R.H. 1972. Geographical ecology: Patterns in the distribution of species. New York, Harper & Row, 253p.
22. McCoy, E.D. 1990. The distribution of insects along elevational gradients. Oikos 58: 313-322.
23. Müller, R.N., P.J. Kalisz & T.W. Kimmerer. 1987. Intraspecific variation in production of astringent phenolics over a vegetation-resource availability gradient. Oecologia 72: 211-215.
24. Pianka, E.R. 1966. Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: A review of concepts. Am. Nat. 100: 33-46.
25. Price, P.W. 1991. Patterns in communities along latitudinal gradients, p.51-70. In P.W. Price; T.M. Lewinsohn, G.W. Fernandes & W.W. Benson (eds), Plant-animal interactions: Evolutionary ecology in tropical and temperate regions. New York, John Wiley, 639p.
26. Price P.W., G.W. Fernandes, A.C.F. Lara, J. Brawn, D. Gerling, H. Barrios, M.G. Wright, S.P. Ribeiro & N. Rothcliff. 1998. Global patterns in local number of insect galling species. J. Biogeogr. 25: 581-591.
27. Price, P.W., G.W. Fernandes & G.L. Waring. 1987. Hypotheses on the adaptive nature of galls. Environ. Entomol. 16: 15-24.
28. Ricklefs, R. & D. Schluter. 1993. (eds.) Species diversity in ecological communities: Historical and geographical perspectives. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 416p.
29. Rohde, K. 1992. Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: the search for the primary cause. Oikos 65: 514-527.
30. Taper, M.L. & T.J. Case. 1987. Interactions between oak tannins and parasite community structure: Unexpected benefits of tannins to cynipid gall-wasps. Oecologia 71: 254-261.
31. Skuhravá, M. 1994. The zoogeography of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of the Czech Republic I. Evaluation of faunistic researches in the 1855-1990 period. Soc. Zool. Bohemia 57: 211-293
32. Skuhravá, M. & V. Skuhravy. 1994. European gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae): Their host plants and environment, p.93-95. In W.J. Mattson, Y. Baranchikov & P.W. Price (eds.), Gall-forming insects: Ecology, physiology, and evolution. North Carolina, United States Department of Agriculture, 222p.
33. Stone, G.N. & K. Schönrogge. 2003. The adaptive significance of insect gall morphology. TREE 18: 512-522.
34. Stone, G.N., K. Schönrogge, R.J. Atkinson, D. Bellido & J. Pujade-Villar. 2002. The population biology of oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Ann. Rev. Entomol 47: 633-668.
35. Waring, G.L. & P.W. Price. 1990. Plant water stress and gall formation (Cecidomyiidae: Asphondylia spp.) on creosote bush. Ecol. Entomol 15: 87-95.
36. Wheeler, Q.D. 1990. Insect diversity and cladistic constraints. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 83: 1031-1047.
37. Willig, M.R., D.M. Kaufman & R.D Stevens. 2003. Latitudinal gradients of Biodiversity: Pattern, process, scale and synthesis. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 34: 273-309.
38. Wright, M.G. & M.J. Samways. 1996. Gall-insect species richness in African Fynbos and Karoo vegetation: The importance of plant species richness. Biod. Lett. 3: 151-155.