Plant-galling insect interactions: a data set of host plants and their gall-inducing insects for the Cerrado.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3149
Abstract: Recent decades have seen increased research interest in the processes and mechanisms related to insect gall richness and host plants. The data set provided here includes 968 records of interactions between galling insects and host… read more here.
Keywords: insects; inducing insects; host plants; gall inducing ... See more keywords
Plant diversity drives responses of gall-inducing insects to anthropization in Neotropical savannas
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DOI: 10.1007/s42965-021-00148-3
Abstract: Human-induced habitat modification is among the main factors that threaten biodiversity on the planet. For highly specialized herbivorous insects, such as galling insects, anthropogenic disturbances that affect plants can have great effects on insects. In… read more here.
Keywords: neotropical savannas; inducing insects; gall inducing; insects ... See more keywords
Soils and seasonality influence the richness of gall-inducing insects and their host plants in a tropical dry forest
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104651
Abstract: Abstract The richness of specialized herbivores and their host plants in a Brazilian dry forest was inventoried to evaluate if soil types and seasonality are important factors determining the composition of gall-inducing insects and their… read more here.
Keywords: insects; inducing insects; gall inducing; richness gall ... See more keywords