Cottonwood hybrid zones as centres of abundance for gall aphids in western North America: Importance of relative habitat size

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-188

  Floate, Kevin D ^a,b   Martinsen, Gregory D ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bioconservation; hybrid zones; Pemphigus betae; Populus; riparian forests

Indexed keywords

COTTONWOOD; GALL APHID; HYBRID ZONE;

NORTH AMERICA, (WEST);

HOMOPTERA; PEMPHIGIDAE; PEMPHIGUS BETAE; POPULUS; SALICACEAE;

EID: 0030618138     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/6020     Document Type: Article

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