Effect of host-tree and environmental variables on honeydew production by scale insects (Ultracoelostoma sp.) in a high elevation Nothofagus solandri forest

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-177

  Dungan, Roger J ^a   Kelly, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environmental controls; Herbivory; Honeydew; Nothofagus; Phloem feeding; Primary production; Sooty beech scale; Ultracoelostoma

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HERBIVORY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUCKLING; SUGAR;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CRAIGIEBURN RANGE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

FAGUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI;

EID: 1142305887     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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