Richness and abundance of caterpillars on Byrsonima (Malpighiaceae) species in an area of cerrado vegetation in Central Brazil

Richness and abundance of caterpillars on Byrsonima (Malpighiaceae) species in an area of cerrado vegetation in Central Brazil

We sampled lepidopteran caterpillars on three Byrsonima species (Malpighiaceae) in Central Brazil: Byrsonima crassa , Byrsonima verbascifolia and Byrsonima coccolobifolia between May 1993 and July 1994. Fifteen individuals of each plant species were censused weekly. Our main goal was to estimate the...

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Main Authors: Isabel Andrade, Helena C Morais, Ivone R Diniz, Cássio van den Berg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 1999-12-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
Insect herbivory
Byrsonima
Lepidoptera
richness
community structure
plant defenses
cerrado vegetation
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