Insects on plants: Explaining the paradox of low diversity within specialist herbivore guilds

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-362

  Novotny, Vojtech ^a   Miller, Scott E ^b   Hrcek, Jan ^a   Baje, Leontine ^c   Basset, Yves ^d   Lewis, Owen T ^e   Stewart, Alan J A ^f   Weiblen, George D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c New Guinea Binatang Research Center   (Papua New Guinea)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community saturation; Host specialization; New Guinea; Niche theory; Rainforest; Species pool

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; GENERALIST; GUILD STRUCTURE; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; INSECT; NICHE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOOD CHAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW GUINEA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

NEW GUINEA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84863394167     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664082     Document Type: Article

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