Defoliation of Sitka spruce by the European spruce sawfly, Gilpinia hercyniae (Hartig): A retrospective analysis using the needle trace method

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-245

  Williams, D T ^a   Straw, N A ^a   Day, K R ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Gilpinia hercyniae; Growth increments; Needle density; Needle trace method; Sitka spruce

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GILPINIA HERCYNIAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0043234557     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.2003.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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