Compartments in insect-plant associations and their consequences for community structure

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1168-1178

  Prado, Paulo Inácio ^a   Lewinsohn, Thomas Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Campos Rupestres; Niche overlap; Null models; Tephritidae; Vernonieae

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; HOST PLANT; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NICHE OVERLAP;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SERRA DO ESPINHACO; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TEPHRITIDAE; VERNONIEAE;

EID: 8144224946     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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