Different relationships between galling and non-galling herbivore richness and plant species richness: A meta-analysis

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 373-377

  de Araújo, Walter Santos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Galling insects; Local diversity; Plant richness hypothesis; Regional patterns

Indexed keywords

GUILD; HERBIVORE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSECT; META-ANALYSIS; PLANT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION TYPE;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84879845490     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-013-9259-y     Document Type: Article

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