Insects on urban plants: Contrasting the flower head feeding assemblages on native and exotic hosts

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 711-722

  Perre, Paula ^a   Loyola, Rafael D ^b   Lewinsohn, Thomas M ^c   Almeida Neto, Mário ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alien plants; Cities; Exotic species; Insect plant interactions; Invasive species; Phytophagous insects

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 82755161696     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0179-2     Document Type: Article

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