The global distribution of diet breadth in insect herbivores

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 442-447

  Forister, Matthew L ^a   Novotny, Vojtech ^b,c,d   Panorska, Anna K ^a   Baje, Leontine ^d,e   Basset, Yves ^b,f   Butterill, Philip T ^b,c   Cizek, Lukas ^b,c   Coley, Phyllis D ^f,g   Dem, Francesca ^d,h   Diniz, Ivone R ⁱ   Drozd, Pavel ^j   Fox, Mark ^k   Glassmire, Andrea E ^a   Hazen, Rebecca ^k   Hrcek, Jan ^b,c,l   Jahner, Joshua P ^a   Kaman, Ondrej ^b,c   Kozubowski, Tomasz J ^a   Kursar, Thomas A ^f,g   Lewis, Owen T ^l   Lill, John ^m   Marquis, Robert J ⁿ   Miller, Scott E ^o   Morais, Helena C ⁱ   Murakami, Masashi ^p   Nickel, Herbert ^q   Pardikes, Nicholas ^a   Ricklefs, Robert E ⁿ   Singer, Michael S ^r   Smilanich, Angela M ^a   Stireman, John O ^s,t   Villamarín Cortez, Santiago ^t   Vodka, Stepan ^b,c   Volf, Martin ^b,c   Wagner, David L ^u   Walla, Thomas ^t,v   Weiblen, George D ^w   Dyer, Lee A ^a,t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^f SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^h GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^k Tulane University   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^m GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^o DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^p CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^q UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^r WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t MUSEO ECUATORIANO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Ecuador)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^v and Mass Communication   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Host range; Latitudinal gradient; Niche width; Pareto distribution; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; DIET; DIET BREADTH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERBIVORE; INSECT; LATITUDE; LEPIDOPTERA; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PARETO DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TROPICS; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; HOST RANGE; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; HOST SPECIFICITY; INSECTS; LEPIDOPTERA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84920996701     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423042112     Document Type: Article

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