Herbivore damage and leaf loss in the New Zealand pepper tree ('kawakawa'; Macropiper excelsum; Piperaceae)

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-180

  Hodge, S ^a   Keesing, V ^a   Wratten, S D ^a   Lovei G L ^b   Palmer, J ^a   Cilgi T ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscission, insect plant interaction; Cleora scriptaria; Geometridae; Herbivory; Induced defences; Kawakawa; Macropiper excelsum; Piperaceae

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; LEAF; PEST DAMAGE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

CLEORA SCRIPTARIA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROPIPER EXCELSUM;

EID: 0032454905     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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