Tropical plant-herbivore networks: reconstructing species interactions using DNA barcodes.

Plants and their associated insect herbivores, represent more than 50% of all known species on earth. The first step in understanding the mechanisms generating and maintaining this important component of biodiversity is to identify plant-herbivore associations. In this study we determined insect-hos...

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Main Authors: Carlos García-Robledo, David L Erickson, Charles L Staines, Terry L Erwin, W John Kress
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3540088?pdf=render