High temporal variation in the assemblage of Lepidopteran larvae on a constant resource

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 537-545

  Skippari, Sini ^a   Veteli, Timo Olavi ^a   Kasenene, John ^b   Niemelä, Pekka ^a   Roininen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Diversity; Herbivory; Insects; Resource availability; Seasonality; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; HERBIVORY; INSECT; NATIONAL PARK; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; NEOBOUTONIA MACROCALYX;

EID: 71049162112     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00986.x     Document Type: Article

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