Soluble carbon production by honeydew scale insects in a New Zealand beech forest

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-115

  Beggs, Jacqueline R ^a,b   Karl, Brian J ^a   Wardle, David A ^c,d   Bonner, Karen I ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Ecosystem processes; Nothofagus spp.; Nutrient cycling; Sugar composition; Ultracoelostoma spp.; Vespula spp.

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; HONEYDEW; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; FAGUS; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; MARGARODIDAE; NOTHOFAGUS; VESPULA;

EID: 23344445842     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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