Spatio-temporal dynamics of willow beetle (Phratora vulgatissima) in short-rotation coppice willows grown as monocultures or a genetically diverse mixture

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 287-296

  Peacock, L ^a   Herrick, S ^a   Brain, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Beetle; Biodiversity; Dispersal; Genetic mixtures; Phratora; Short rotation coppice; Spatio temporal; Willow

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PHRATORA; PHRATORA VULGATISSIMA; SALIX;

EID: 0000787071     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.1999.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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