Herbivory increases diversification across insect clades

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wiens, John J ^a   Lapoint, Richard T ^a   Whiteman, Noah K ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HERBIVORY; INSECT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERBIVORY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT DEFENSE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; DIPTERA; EVOLUTION; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; PHYLOGENY;

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HERBIVORY; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTS; ORTHOPTERA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84942155002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9370     Document Type: Article

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