Effects of elevated temperature and carbon dioxide on the nutritional quality of leaves of oak (Quercus robur L.) as food for the Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata L.)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 742-749

  Buse, A ^a   Good, J E G ^a   Dury, S ^a   Perrins, C M ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Insect development; Insect herbivory; Lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LEAF; MOTH; NUTRITIVE VALUE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 0031647905     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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