Appropriate controls in outdoor UV-B supplementation experiments

Global Change Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 319-324

  Newsham, K K ^a   McLeod, A R ^a   Greenslade, P D ^a   Emmett, B A ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Leaf thickness; Quercus robur; Shoot extension; Ultraviolet A radiation; Ultraviolet B radiation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT LAMP; PEDUNCULATE OAK; SAPLING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET-A; ULTRAVIOLET-B;

FAGACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0030426474     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.1996.tb00083.x     Document Type: Article

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