General herbivore outbreak following an El Niño-related drought in a lowland Panamanian forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 625-633

  Van Bael, Sunshine A ^a,b   Aiello, Annette ^a   Valderrama, Anayansi ^a   Medianero, Enrique ^a   Samaniego, Mirna ^a   Wright, S Joseph ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy; Defoliation; Drought; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Herbivory; Lepidoptera; Outbreak; Panama; Seasonally dry tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; DROUGHT; DRY FOREST; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 7844252794     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467404001725     Document Type: Article

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