Sex-mediated herbivory by galling insects on Baccharis concinna (Asteraceae) Herbivoria por insetos galhadores mediada pelo sexo em Baccharis concinna (Asteraceae)
The interaction patterns between the dioecious shrub Baccharis concinna Barroso (Asteraceae) and its speciose galling insect community were studied in southeastern Brazil. Two hypotheses were tested in this study: "the differential reproduction and growth hypothesis" that predicts that mal...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
2006-09-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262006000300009 |