Host specificity of ambrosia and bark beetles (Col., Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) in a New Guinea rainforest

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 762-772

  Hulcr, Jiri ^a,b   Mogia, Martin ^c   Isua, Brus ^c   Novotny, Vojtech ^b,c,d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

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

^d INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Host specificity; Mycetophagy; Mycophagy; Net relatedness index; Phloeophagy; Xylomycetophagy

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; HOST SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AMBROSIA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; MORACEAE; MYRISTICACEAE; PLATYPODINI; SAPINDACEAE; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 85032068666     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00939.x     Document Type: Article

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