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Science 25 August 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5790, pp. 1055 - 1057
DOI: 10.1126/science.1131117
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ECOLOGY:
Crafting the Pieces of the Diversity Jigsaw Puzzle

R. L. Kitching

Herbivorous insect species are more numerous in tropical than in temperate forests. Studies of present-day forests and fossil leaf patterns show how plant diversity controls insect diversity.

The author is at the Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia. E-mail: r.kitching{at}griffith.edu.au

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