Effects of carbon dioxide and nitrogen enrichment on a plant-insect interaction: The quality of Calluna vulgaris as a host for Operophtera brumata

New Phytologist

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-53

  Kerslake, J E ^a   Woodin, S J ^a   Hartley, S E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calluna vulgaris L. (Hull) (heather); Carbon dioxide; Carbon nutrient balance; Herbivory; Nitrogen; Operophtera brumata L. (winter moth); Phenolics; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOST; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOORLAND; NITROGEN; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA;

EID: 0031770880     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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