Seed Predation of Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) by Rhinochenus brevicollis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in a Brazilian Cerrado Fragment

Seed Predation of Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) by Rhinochenus brevicollis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in a Brazilian Cerrado Fragment

Seed predator insects are generally highly specialized herbivores that can be affected by several plant characteristics. In this study, the resource concentration hypothesis and the plant architecture hypothesis were tested by evaluating the attack of Rhynochenus brevicollis on Copaifera langsdorffi...

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Main Authors: Marcílio Fagundes, Maria L.B. Maia, Antônio C.M. Queiroz, G.W. Fernandes, Fernanda V. Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Argentina de Ecología 2013-12-01
Series:Ecología Austral
Subjects:
plant architecture
plant phenology
predator satiation
resource concentration
supra-annual fruiting
arquitetura da planta
concentração do recurso
fenologia
frutificação supra anual
saciação de predadores
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