Role of leaf development and colour change in differential defoliation of Eucalyptus regnans families by the leaf eating beetle Chrysophtharta bimaculata (Olivier)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 75-84

  Raymond, C A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chrysomleid beetles; Defoliation; Eucalyptus; Leaf phenology

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DEFOLIATION; LEAF; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TREE;

EID: 0032538109     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00329-0     Document Type: Article

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