The impact of green spruce aphid, Elatobium abietinum (Walker), on the growth of young Sitka spruce in Hafren Forest, Wales: Pattern of defoliation and effect on shoot growth

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 209-225

  Straw, N A ^a   Fielding, N J ^a   Green, G ^a   Coggan, A ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Elatobium abietinum; Growth loss; Impact; Picea sitchensis; Sampling

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; GREEN SPRUCE APHID; GROWTH; ROOT APHID; SHOOT GROWTH; SITKA SPRUCE;

UK, WALES, POWYS, HAFREN FOREST;

EID: 0031949246     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00265-X     Document Type: Article

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