Microclimate niche requirements of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera) in a successional gradient of low thorn forest in northeastern Mexico

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 503-524

  Sánchez Reyes, Uriel Jeshua ^a   Niño Maldonado, Santiago ^b   Barrientos Lozano, Ludivina ^a   Clark, Shawn M ^c   Treviño Carreón, Jacinto ^b   Almaguer Sierra, Pedro ^a  

^a Tecnológico Nacional de México Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Misantla   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE TAMAULIPAS   (Mexico)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic environment; Chronosequence; Disturbance; Niche; Phytophagous insects; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; BEETLE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISTURBANCE; MICROCLIMATE; NICHE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 85062794571     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: 15729753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-019-00140-2     Document Type: Article

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