Why does the bud-galling sawfly, Euura mucronata, attack long shoots?

Oecologia

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 1-6

  Price, P W ^a,b   Roininen H ^c   Tahvanainen, J ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Museum Northern Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Herbivore survival; Plant quality; Plant insect interactions; Salix cinerea; Shoot length

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORE SELECTION; SALIX CINEREA; TENTHREDINIDAE;

EID: 0023508796     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00377338     Document Type: Article

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