Gall-forming insect attack patterns: a test of the Plant Vigor and the Resource Concentration Hypotheses
We tested the following two hypotheses to investigate the attack patterns by gall-inducing insects on their host plant Eriotheca pubescens: (i) vigorous modules are more often attacked by galling insects; and (ii) E. pubescens trees associated with a higher density of co-specific individuals have a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Biotemas |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/biotemas/article/view/24776 |