Fire increases insect herbivory in a neotropical savanna

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 612-618

  Lopes, Cauê T ^a   Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Disturbance; Herbivores; Leaf pathogens; Leaf phenology; Leaf cutter ants

Indexed keywords

ANT; CATERPILLAR; CERRADO; DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; GALL; GRASSHOPPER; HERBIVORY; LEAFMINER; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PATHOGEN; PEST DAMAGE; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SAVANNA; SYNERGISM; TROPICAL FOREST;

AGROMYZIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 80052400391     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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