Variation in budbreak phenology affects the distribution of a leafmining beetle (Brachys tessellatus) on turkey oak (Quercus laevis)

Ecoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 480-489

  Fox, Charles W ^a,b   Waddell, Kim J ^a   Groeters, Francis R ^a   Mousseau, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Budburst; Buprestidae; Fagaceae; Herbivory; Phenology

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRACHYS; BRACHYS TESSELLATUS; BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FAGACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CERRIS; QUERCUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0000291009     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1997.11682427     Document Type: Article

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