Insects on trees: Population and individual response to fertilization

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 148-159

  Kytö, Maarit ^a   Niemelä, Pekka ^a   Larsson, Stig ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHID; FERTILIZATION; INSECT FEEDING; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY;

EID: 0029769707     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546238     Document Type: Review

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