Vegetation traits and herbivory distribution in an Australian subtropical forest

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 481-493

  Ribeiro, Sérvio P ^a   da Silva Jr , Milton Barbosa ^a   Tagliati, Marcela Cezar ^a   Chavana Bryant, Cecilia ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy understorey vegetation gradient; Gall density; Gall super hosts; Lamington National Park; Leaf herbivory; Sclerophyllous habitats

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALTITUDE; CANOPY; FOLIAGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERBIVORY; LEAF AREA; MICROCLIMATE; RAINFOREST; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURVIVORSHIP; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; LAMINGTON NATIONAL PARK; QUEENSLAND;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84859940515     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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