Gall-inducing insect species richness as indicators of forest age and Health

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1134-1140

  Fernandes, G Wilson ^a   Almada, Emmanuel D ^a,b   Carneiro, Marco Antonio A ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; biodiversity; galling insects; mining; restoration ecology

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST HEALTH; GALL INSECT; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; INSECT; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT TUMOR; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; INSECTS; PLANT TUMORS; TREES;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77955371737     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09199     Document Type: Article

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