Relationship between plant development, tannin concentration and insects associated with Copaifera langsdorffii (Fabaceae)

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-18

  da Costa, Fernanda Vieira ^a   de Siqueira Neves, Frederico ^a   de Oliveira Silva, Jhonathan ^a   Fagundes, Marcílio ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MONTES CLAROS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Chemical defense; Insect guild; Ontogeny; Plant architecture; Tri trophic Interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GUILD STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; ONTOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TANNIN; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

COPAIFERA LANGSDORFFII; FABACEAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79451472643     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-010-9111-6     Document Type: Article

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