Why do Japanese beetles defoliate trees from the top down?

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 209-212

  Potter, Daniel A ^a   Loughrin, John H ^a   Rowe II, William J ^a   Hamilton Kemp, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Induced response; Popillia japonica; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029739451     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00920.x     Document Type: Article

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