Richness and abundance ofherbivores on Vellozia Ilivea (Velloziaceae) flowers;Riqueza e abundância de herbívoros em flores de Vellozia Nivea (Velloziaceae)

Acta Botanica Brasilica

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 403-409

  Landau, Elena Charlotte ^a   de Jesus Gonçalves Alvim, Silmary ^a   Fagundes, Marcílio ^a   Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Plant insect interactions; Rupestrian fields; Vellozia nivea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978288193     PISSN: 01023306     EISSN: 1677941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-33061998000400009     Document Type: Article

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