Predator pressure, herbivore abundance and plant damage along a subtropical altitudinal gradient

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 451-461

  Bito, Darren ^a   Novotny, Vojtech ^b   Burwell, Chris J ^c   Nakamura, Akihiro ^a,c   Kitching, Roger L ^a   Ødegaard, Frode ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Elevation; Formicidae; Herbivory; Predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; ELEVATION; FOLIAGE; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; PARASITOID; PREDATION; PREDATOR; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; UNDERSTORY;

COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 84859953447     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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