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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Hauptverfasser:	Isabel Andrade, Helena C Morais, Ivone R Diniz, Cássio van den Berg
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Universidad de Costa Rica 1999-12-01
Schriftenreihe:	Revista de Biología Tropical
Schlagworte:	Insect herbivory Byrsonima Lepidoptera richness community structure plant defenses cerrado vegetation
Online-Zugang:	http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77441999000400005
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