The moth Mompha sp. (Coleophoridae, Lepidoptera) is known to induce a stem gall on the tree Conostegia oerstediana (Melastomataceae). There is little known about the distribution and abundance of galls. This study tested the difference in stem gall abundance between varying tree sizes and between two different habitats- pasture and secondary forest. Trees from each habitat were sampled and measured for diameter at breast height (DBH), height, number of branches, and number of galls. A significant difference was found between pasture and forested areas (unpaired t-test, p \u3c 0.0001), with pasture trees having more galls. No relation was found relating tree size (DBH, height, number of branches) to gall abundance. I conclude from these resu...
Galls are formed in the tissues of plants by specific Cynipid gall wasps, and show a high specificit...
To study the abundance and occurrence of herbivore insects on plants it is important to consider pl...
Insect-induced galls are observed on plants throughout the world, bur patterns of gall-inducing inse...
The moth Mompha sp. (Coleophoridae, Lepidoptera) is known to induce a stem gall on the tree Conosteg...
The plant architecture hypothesis predicts that variation in host plant architecture influences inse...
We tested the following two hypotheses to investigate the attack patterns by gall-inducing insects o...
The dynamics of occurrence of target-organs in plant populations produces windows of opportunity tha...
ABSTRACT Sessile and host-specific herbivores, such as gall-inducing insects, are usually patchily d...
<p>In order to know the habitat preference gradation for gall-forming insects from the border to the...
The plant architecture hypothesis predicts that variation in host plant architecture influences inse...
Impacts of forest fragmentation and edge effect on plant-herbivores interactions are relatively unkn...
The species richness of gall-inducing insects and their host plants, in an undisturbed lowland fores...
In contrast to most insect guilds, gall-forming insects are thought to reach highest diversity on sc...
1. The relationship between plant traits and the frequency of attack by a stem galling midge, Neolas...
Abstract. Fagundes M, Santos EML, Duarte KLR, Santos LM, Vieira JS, Oliveira CHD, Silva PS. 2020. Di...
Galls are formed in the tissues of plants by specific Cynipid gall wasps, and show a high specificit...
To study the abundance and occurrence of herbivore insects on plants it is important to consider pl...
Insect-induced galls are observed on plants throughout the world, bur patterns of gall-inducing inse...
The moth Mompha sp. (Coleophoridae, Lepidoptera) is known to induce a stem gall on the tree Conosteg...
The plant architecture hypothesis predicts that variation in host plant architecture influences inse...
We tested the following two hypotheses to investigate the attack patterns by gall-inducing insects o...
The dynamics of occurrence of target-organs in plant populations produces windows of opportunity tha...
ABSTRACT Sessile and host-specific herbivores, such as gall-inducing insects, are usually patchily d...
<p>In order to know the habitat preference gradation for gall-forming insects from the border to the...
The plant architecture hypothesis predicts that variation in host plant architecture influences inse...
Impacts of forest fragmentation and edge effect on plant-herbivores interactions are relatively unkn...
The species richness of gall-inducing insects and their host plants, in an undisturbed lowland fores...
In contrast to most insect guilds, gall-forming insects are thought to reach highest diversity on sc...
1. The relationship between plant traits and the frequency of attack by a stem galling midge, Neolas...
Abstract. Fagundes M, Santos EML, Duarte KLR, Santos LM, Vieira JS, Oliveira CHD, Silva PS. 2020. Di...
Galls are formed in the tissues of plants by specific Cynipid gall wasps, and show a high specificit...
To study the abundance and occurrence of herbivore insects on plants it is important to consider pl...
Insect-induced galls are observed on plants throughout the world, bur patterns of gall-inducing inse...