Effects of enhanced UVB on populations of the phloem feeding insect Strophingia ericae (Homoptera: Psylloidea) on heather (Calluna vulgaris)

Global Change Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-96

  Salt, David T ^a   Moody, Sandra A ^a   Whittaker, John B ^a   Paul, Nigel D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calluna vulgaris; Climate change; Herbivory; Ozone depletion; Strophingia ericae; Ultraviolet B radiation; UVB

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGE; HERBIVORE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET-B;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; ERICACEAE; HOMOPTERA; PSYLLOIDEA; STROPHINGIA ERICAE;

EID: 0031916652     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1998.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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