Effects of altitude on aphid-mediated processes in the canopy of Norway spruce

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-143

  Mühlenberg, Eva ^a   Stadler, Bernhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphids; Ecosystem processes; Environmental change; Forest canopies; Herbivore microorganism interactions; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

ABIES; APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CINARA; CINARA PILICORNIS; FUNGI; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 17844408168     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9555.2005.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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