Canopy herbivory and insect herbivore diversity in a dry forest-savanna transition in Brazil

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 112-118

  Neves, Frederico S ^a,b   Araújo, Lucimar S ^a   Espírito Santo, Mário M ^a   Fagundes, Marcílio ^a   Fernandes, G Wilson ^b   Sanchez Azofeifa, G Arturo ^c   Quesada, Mauricio ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MONTES CLAROS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Canopy insect; Cerrado; Habitat transition; Insect guild; Leaf sclerophylly; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; FOLIAGE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; HERBIVORY; INSECT; SAVANNA; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL QUALITY; TRANSITION ZONE;

BRAZIL;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 73649137862     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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