Performance of the thistle gall fly, Urophora cardui, in relation to host plant nitrogen and mycorrhizal colonization

New Phytologist

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 335-343

  Gange, Alan C ^a   Nice, Helen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Cirsium arvense; Gall insect; Nutrition hypothesis; Urophora cardui

Indexed keywords

CREEPING THISTLE; GALL INSECT; HOST PLANT; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN; THISTLE GALL FLY;

CIRSIUM ARVENSE; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE; UROPHORA CARDUI;

EID: 0031421357     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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