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Host plants and seasonal abundance patterns of some Brazilian Chrysomelidae

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Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae

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Although temperatures vary little in the tropics, moisture and rainfall frequently very greatly. Rainfall can exert an important effect on the dynamics of tropical insects (Delinger, 1986; Wolda, 1988). Variations in rainfall can have a strong influence on the reproduction, development and other vital activities of insects (Tanaka & Tanaka, 1982) and their host plants (Vasconcellos-Neto, 1980, 1991).

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    Lenice Medeiros & João Vasconcellos-Neto

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Medeiros, L., Vasconcellos-Neto, J. (1994). Host plants and seasonal abundance patterns of some Brazilian Chrysomelidae. In: Jolivet, P.H., Cox, M.L., Petitpierre, E. (eds) Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae. Series Entomologica, vol 50. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1781-4_11

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