Can host plant richness be used as a surrogate for galling insect diversity?

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 420-427

  de Araújo, Walter Santos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Galls; Indicator groups; Plant richness; Super host taxa

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; QUALEA; VOCHYSIACEAE;

EID: 84856824341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291100400405     Document Type: Article

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