Latitudinal variation in herbivory: influences of climatic drivers, herbivore identity and natural enemies
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X. Moreira ([email protected]), L. Abdala-Roberts and K. A. Mooney, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. XM also at: Inst. of Biology, Laboratory of Evolutive Entomology, Univ. of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland. – V. Parra-Tabla, Depto de Ecología Tropical, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Univ. Autónoma de Yucatán, Apartado Postal 4-116, Itzimná, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán, México.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015