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Brazilian Cerrado Folivore and Florivore Caterpillars: How Different are They?
Author(s) -
Morais Helena C.,
Hay John Du Vall,
Diniz Ivone R.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
biotropica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1744-7429
pISSN - 0006-3606
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00534.x
Subject(s) - fauna , biology , abundance (ecology) , inflorescence , species richness , pollinator , ecology , zoology , pollination , pollen
Because of the large differences between flower buds and leaves as food resources we predict that florivore caterpillars compared with folivores would present: (1) higher degree of dietary specificity; (2) higher abundance; and (3) lower species richness. Based on emerged adults from caterpillars collected on leaves and inflorescences our results showed that the florivore fauna was strongly dominated by a few species with higher abundance and dietary specificity than the folivore fauna.