Insect herbivory declines with forest fragmentation and covaries with plant regeneration mode: evidence from a Mexican tropical rain forest
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B. Ruiz-Guerra ([email protected]), Depto de Ecologı́a Evolutiva, Inst. de Ecologı́a, UNAM, AP 70-275, 04510 D.F., Mexico. R. Guevara, Depto de Ecologı́a Evolutiva. Inst. de Ecologı́a AC. Km 2.5 carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, MX 91070 Xalapa, México. N. A. Mariano, Depto de Ecologı́a, Centro de Educación Ambiental e Investigación Sierra de Huautla, Univ. Autónoma de Morelos, Cuernavaca, MX 62210 Mor, Mexico. R. Dirzo and present address for RG: Dept of Biology, Stanford Univ., 371 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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