Phytophagous insect fauna tracks host plant responses to exotic grass invasion

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1051-1062

  Almeida Neto, Mário ^a,b   Prado, Paulo I ^c   Lewinsohn, Thomas M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

African grasses; Anthropogenic disturbance; Asteraceae; Diptera; Lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CERRADO; DICOTYLEDON; GENERALIST; GRASS; HOST PLANT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; LEPIDOPTERA; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASTERACEAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; POACEAE;

EID: 79952702069     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1783-1     Document Type: Article

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