Limits to the abundance of rare species: An experimental test with a tree aphid

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 386-390

  Hopkins, Graham W ^b   Thacker, Jonathan I ^b   Dixon, Anthony F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aphids; Betula; Population growth; Rare species; Rarity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; APHID; LIMITING FACTOR; RARE SPECIES;

APHIDIDAE; BETULA; EUCERAPHIS BETULAE; HOMOPTERA; MONAPHIS ANTENNATA;

EID: 0031767355     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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