Differential response of trees and shrubs to browsing and pruning: The effects on Pistacia growth and gall-inducing aphids

Plant Ecology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 285-294

  Martinez, J J Y ^a   Wool, D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apical dominance; Ecological engineers; Herbivory; Plant architecture; Resource availability; Timing

Indexed keywords

APICAL DOMINANCE; BROWSING; GALL INSECT; GROWTH; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PRUNING;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PISTACIA; PISTACIA ATLANTICA; PISTACIA PALAESTINA; PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 0242658453     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026085307964     Document Type: Article

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