Canopy Herbivory and Insect Herbivore Diversity in a Dry Forest-Savanna Transition in Brazil

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 112 - 118
• Main Authors: Neves, Frederico S, Araújo, Lucimar S, Espírito-Santo, Mário M, Fagundes, Marcílio, Fernandes, G. Wilson, Sanchez-Azofeifa, G. Arturo, Quesada, Mauricio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Malden, USA : Blackwell Publishing Inc 2010; Blackwell Publishing Inc; Wiley Subscription Services; Wiley
• Subjects: Abundance; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Brazil; canopy; Canopy insect; Cerrado; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; Dry forests; ecosystems; Forest canopy; Forest habitats; Forest insects; Forest trees; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; habitat transition; habitats; Herbivores; insect guild; Insecta; Invertebrates; leaf area; leaf sclerophylly; Leaves; mastication; nutrient content; Phytophagous insects; savannas; soil nutrients; soil quality; soil sampling; Trees; Tropical Biology; South America; Brazil; America; Dry forest; habitat transition; Herbivorous; Savannah; Insecta; Tropical zone; Diversity; Soil quality; Plant leaf; Guild; Canopy insect; Sclerophylly; Biome; Phytophagous; Arthropoda; Transition; insect guild; Habitat; Invertebrata; Cerrado; leaf sclerophylly; Canopy(vegetation)

This study aimed to compare canopy herbivore diversity and resultant insect damage to vegetation in two distinct and adjacent ecosystems, specifically a dry forest ecosystem and a cerrado (savanna) ecosystem that occur together in an abrupt transition zone in southeastern Brazil. In the dry forest,...