Diversity of galling insects in Styrax pohlii (Styracaceae): edge effect and use as bioindicators

Impacts of forest fragmentation and edge effect on plant-herbivores interactions are relatively unknown, and the relationships between galling insects and their host plants are very susceptible to environmental variations. The goal of our study was to test the edge effect hypothesis for galling inse...

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Main Authors: Walter Santos de Araújo, Genimar Rebouças Julião, Bárbara Araújo Ribeiro, Isadora Portes Abraham Silva, Benedito Baptista dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2011-12-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442011000400013