Shifts in species richness, herbivore specialization, and plant resistance along elevation gradients

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1818-1825

  Pellissier, Loïc ^a   Fiedler, Konrad ^b   Ndribe, Charlotte ^a   Dubuis, Anne ^a   Pradervand, Jean Nicolas ^a   Guisan, Antoine ^a   Rasmann, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diet breadth; Generalist herbivores; Host plant; Phylogenetic ecology; Plant resistance; Plant herbivore interaction; Polyphagy; Specialist herbivores

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876129499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.296     Document Type: Article

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