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Consequences of a severe drought associated with an El Niño-Southern Oscillation on a light-attracted leaf-beetle (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) assemblage in Borneo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2008

Keiko Kishimoto-Yamada*
Affiliation:
Takao Itioka Laboratory, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Takao Itioka
Affiliation:
Takao Itioka Laboratory, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
*
1Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]

Extract

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon occurs irregularly and supra-annually at intervals of 2–7 y (Hughen et al. 1999, McPhaden et al. 2006), and is the strongest source of supra-annual climate fluctuation (Hughen et al. 1999, Philander 1990). During ENSO, the interior of the South-East Asian tropics, which is characterized by constant high temperature and no distinct dry season, experiences severe drought (Walsh 1996).

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