Performance of the green spruce aphid, Elatobium abietinum (Walker) on previously defoliated Sitka spruce

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-105

  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; Elatobium abietinum; Induced defences; MRGR; Nutrients; Population dynamics; Sitka spruce

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 17844373278     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9555.2005.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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