Contrasting herbivory patterns and leaf fluctuating asymmetry in Heliocarpus pallidus between different habitat types within a Mexican tropical dry forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-391

  Cuevas Reyes, Pablo ^a,b   Oyama, Ken ^c   González Rodríguez, Antonio ^c   Fernandes, G Wilson ^b   Mendoza Cuenca, Luis ^a  

^a Facultad de Biologia   (Mexico)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

fluctuating asymmetry; geometric morphometrics; herbivory; leaf size; tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NATURE RESERVE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RIPARIAN FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHAMELA-CUIXMALA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

HELIOCARPUS PALLIDUS; HEXAPODA; MALVACEAE;

EID: 79959243467     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646741100006X     Document Type: Article

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