The specialization and structure of antagonistic and mutualistic networks of beetles on rainforest canopy trees

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 287-295

  Wardhaugh, Carl W ^a   Edwards, Will ^a   Stork, Nigel E ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Canopy Crane; Coleoptera; Daintree Rainforest Observatory; Flower visitors; Herbivory; Interaction

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; BEETLE; HERBIVORY; HOST SPECIFICITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; RAINFOREST; SPECIALIZATION; TREE;

AUSTRALIA;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84921532085     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12430     Document Type: Article

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