Interaction between juniper Juniperus communis L. and its fruit pest insects: Pest abundance, fruit characteristics and seed viability

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 517-525

  García, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit characteristics; Fruit pests; Juniperus communis; Phytophagous insects; SE Spain; Seed viability

Indexed keywords

PEST DAMAGE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEED PREDATION; VIABILITY;

SIERRA NEVADA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CATOSTOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0032432899     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(99)80006-X     Document Type: Article

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