The impact of green spruce aphid, Elatobium abietinum (Walker), and root aphids on the growth of young Sitka spruce in Hafren Forest, Wales: Effects on height, diameter and volume

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 97-109

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

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Elatobium abietinum; Growth loss; Increment; Pachypappa; Picea sitchensis

Indexed keywords

APHID; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PEST DAMAGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

APHIDIDAE; ELATOBIUM ABIETINUM; HOMOPTERA; PACHYPAPPA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0034284197     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00248-0     Document Type: Article

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