How do frequent fires in the Cerrado alter the lepidopteran community?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1415-1426

  Diniz, I R ^a   Higgins, B ^a   Morais, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian savanna; Byrsonima coccolobifolia; Caterpillars; Elachistidae; Malpighiaceae; Species composition; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CATERPILLAR; CERRADO; DRY SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; LARVA; SAVANNA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRAZIL; FEDERAL DISTRICT [BRAZIL];

ACHATINA; BYRSONIMA COCCOLOBIFOLIA; CERCONOTA; ELACHISTIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALPIGHIACEAE; NOCTUIDAE; STENOMA;

EID: 79956157048     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0034-z     Document Type: Article

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