The impact of the green spruce aphid Elatobium abietinum (Walker) on long-term growth of Sitka spruce in Iceland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-287

  Halldorsson G ^a   Benedikz, T ^a   Eggertsson, O ^a   Oddsdottir E S ^a   Oskarsson H ^a  

^a Iceland Forest Research Branch   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Elatobium abietinum; Growth loss; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; INSECT CONTROL;

INSECT OUTBREAK;

FORESTRY;

DEFOLIATION; FORESTRY; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ICELAND;

APHIDIDAE; ELATOBIUM; ELATOBIUM ABIETINUM; INSECTA; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0042474438     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00658-8     Document Type: Article

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