The role of sugars in western spruce budworm nutritional ecology

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 189-197

  CLANCY, KAREN M ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Choristoneura occidentalis; herbivore fitness; multiple generation bioassay; nitrogen; Pseudotsuga menziesii; sucrose; Sugars

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENCE; BUDWORM; DOUGLAS-FIR; NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY; WESTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM;

CHORISTONEURA OCCIDENTALIS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0027045718     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1992.tb01047.x     Document Type: Article

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