Host specificity of insect herbivores in tropical forests
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Host specificity of insect herbivores in tropical forests
Original language description
Studies of host specificity in tropical insect herbivores are evolving from a focus on insect distribution obtained by canopy fogging and other mass collecting methods, to a focus on obtaining data on insect rearing and experimentally verified feeding patterns. We review this transition and identify persisting methodological problems. Replicated quantitative surveys of plant-herbivore food webs, based on sampling efforts an order of magnitude greater than is customary at present, may be cost-effectivelyachieved by small research teams supported by local assistants. Survey designs that separate historical and ecological determinants of host specificity by studying herbivores feeding on the same plant species exposed to different environmental or experimental conditions are rare. Further, we advocate the use of host-specificity measures based on plant phylogeny. Existing data suggest that a minority of species in herbivore communities feed on a single plant species when alternative cong
Czech name
Hostitelská specializace hmyzích herbivorů v tropických lesích
Czech description
Jedná se o přehledný článek o stavu našich znalostí týkajících se hostitelské specializace herbivorního hmyzu v tropických lesích. Současný stav výzkumu ukazuje na přechod od deskriptivního studia distribuce hmyzu na vegetaci ke studiu trofických vztahů.Dosavadní, i když neúplná, data ukazují na podobnou míru hostitelské specializace v lesích tropicků a mírného pásma.
Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2005
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences
ISSN
0962-8452
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
272
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1568
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
1083-1090
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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