Leaf damage by herbivore feeding guilds along gradients of elevation and plant species richness |
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| Authors: | Francesco Martini Uromi Manage Goodale |
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| Institution: | Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, China |
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| Abstract: | The proportion of leaves damaged by specialist guilds such as miners and sap-feeders decreased at locations with higher species richness and at higher elevation in four subtropical forest seedling communities in south China. The effect of elevation was stronger in winter. Patterns of the generalist guild chewers were weaker. |
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| Keywords: | chewer China insects miner sap-feeder seasonality seedling subtropical forests 嚼吸式 中国 昆虫 咀嚼式 刺吸式 季节性 幼苗 亚热带森林 |
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