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Especificidad y herbivoría de Lepidoptera sobre especies pioneras y tolerantes del bosque mesófilo de la reserva de la biosfera El Cielo, Tamaulipas, México
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Ramos, Gerardo Sánchez Dirzo, Rodolfo Lara, Manuel |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Abstract | We investigated the species of Lepidoptera associated with the six most important planis, three gap colonizing species [Perymenium ovalifolium, Cercis canadensis var. mexicana and Liquidambar styraciflua) and three shade-tolerant species [Clethra pringiei, Quercus germana and Podocarpus reichei) in the Biosphere Reserve El Cielo at Gomez Parias, Tamaulipas cloud forest. The leveis of herbivory (% If af area eaten) by each lepidopteran larvae were measured during the rainy season. Selectivity tests •.vere carried out evaluating the generalist-specialist insect effect. The resulta showed eigth different lepidopteran species. They consumed 7% of the available leaf area within the six plant species. Por pioneer species the % of leaf area grazed was ca. 3 times greater than for shade-tolerant species loaves. The insects associated with shade-tolerant species were more specialist than the insects associated with pioneer species |
| Starting Page | 103 |
| Ending Page | 118 |
| Page Count | 16 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.21829/azm.1999.78781920 |
| Volume Number | 78 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://dirzolab.stanford.edu/wp-content/articles/A_1999/46_1999_ActZooMex.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.1999.78781920 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
