Island phytophagy: Explaining the remarkable diversity of plant-feeding insects

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1741, 2012, Pages 3250-3255

  Joy, Jeffrey B ^a   Crespi, Bernard J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversification; Insularity; Island biogeography; Macroevolution; Plant genetic distinctiveness; Plant insect interactions

Indexed keywords

FLY; GALL; GEOGRAPHICAL THEORY; HOST PLANT; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84863881866     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0397     Document Type: Article

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