Competition between gall aphids and natural plant sinks: Plant architecture affects resistance to galling

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 575-582

  Larson, Katherine C ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Galls; Modular architecture; Resistance; Sink source

Indexed keywords

COTTONWOOD; GALL APHID; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT ARCHITECTURE;

HOMOPTERA; PEMPHIGIDAE; PEMPHIGUS BETAE; POPULUS; SALICACEAE;

EID: 0030618114     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050119     Document Type: Article

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