Chrysomelids and their host plants along an altitudinal gradient in an Atlantic rain forest in the State of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Research on Chrysomelidae

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 31-56

  Flinte, Vivian ^a   De Macedo, Margarete Valverde ^a   Monteiro, Ricardo Ferreira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abundance of individuals; Altitude; Brazil; Cassidinae; Chrysomelidae; Chrysomelinae; Climate; Cryptocephalinae; Mid elevation peak; Phenology; Population fluctuation; S pecies richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864803461     PISSN: 18763111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004169470.1-299.14     Document Type: Review

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