Prescribed fire affects white oak seedling phytochemistry: Implications for insect herbivory

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 37-47

  Adams, A S ^a,b   Rieske, L K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern tent caterpillar; Fall webworm; Fire; Foliar chemistry; Oak regeneration; Plant herbivore interactions; Quercus

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; FIRES; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

FORESTRY;

FOREST; HERBIVORY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

NORTH AMERICA;

HYPHANTRIA; HYPHANTRIA CUNEA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA AMERICANUM; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 0037451682     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00223-2     Document Type: Article

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