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Community structure & host range 22<br />

Table 2-3: Dimensions <strong>of</strong> the food niche <strong>of</strong> four <strong>phasmids</strong> on BCI. Results from feeding trials represent the<br />

absolute food niche, while overlap with field records (i.e. the realized multidimensional niche) represents the<br />

realized food niche.<br />

Family<br />

Plant<br />

Order<br />

Species lf 1<br />

ab 2<br />

Food plant species<br />

Metriophasma<br />

ft 3<br />

diocles<br />

lt 4<br />

Oncotophasma<br />

martini<br />

Bacteria<br />

ploiaria<br />

Otocrania<br />

sp.<br />

ft lt ft lt ft lt<br />

Araceae Philodendron spp. + + - - -<br />

Araceae Dieffenbachia spp. he + + nt nt nt<br />

Araceae Homalomena wendlandii he + nt nt nt<br />

Araceae Monstera sp. h + nt nt nt<br />

Piperaceae Peperomyia spp. he + nt nt nt<br />

Piperaceae Piper spp. + + nt nt nt<br />

Piperaceae Piper cordulatum ls 28 + - - -<br />

Clusiaceae Vismia spp. pi - + - -<br />

Clusiaceae Vismia baccifera pi 164 - + + + - -<br />

Dilleniaceae Tetracera portobellensis l - + + -<br />

Euphorbiaceae Croton billbergianus pi 48 - + + + - +<br />

Malpighiaceae Stigmatophylon ellipticum l - + - nt<br />

Melastomataceae Miconia argentea pi 52 - + - -<br />

Sterculiaceae Byttneria aculeata l - + + + nt<br />

Sterculiaceae Guazuma ulmifolia pi 187 - nt + nt<br />

Bignoniaceae Arrabidaea spp. l - + - + + -<br />

Rhamnaceae Gouania lupuloides l - - + + + -<br />

Tiliaceae Luehea semanii pi 113 - - + + -<br />

Melastomataceae Mouriri myrtilloides ls 6 nt nt + nt<br />

Sapindaceae Paullinia spp. l - - + +<br />

Sapindaceae Serjania spp. l - - + + + + +<br />

Urticaceae Urera sp. - + nt nt nt<br />

Vitaceae Vitis tiliifolia l nt - - + nt<br />

Abundant tree species on BCI (>1000 ind./50ha) 2<br />

Violaceae Hybanthus prunifolius ls 1 - - - -<br />

Rubiaceae Alseis blackiana ls 5 - - - -<br />

Rubiaceae Psychotria horizontalis ls 7 - - - -<br />

Chrysobalanaceae Hirtella triandra ls 8 - - - -<br />

Burseraceae Tetragastris panamensis ls 10 - - - -<br />

Burseraceae Protium tenuifolium ls 14 - - - -<br />

Bombacaceae Quararibea asterolepis ls 20 - - - -

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