Insect infestations linked to shifts in microclimate: Important climate change implications

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2049-2057

  Classen, A T ^a,b   Hart, S C ^a   Whitman, T G ^a   Cobb, N S ^a   Koch, G W ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); THERMAL EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

INSECT INFESTATION; LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI); MICROCLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOILS;

HERBIVORY; INSECT; MICROCLIMATE; POPULATION GROWTH;

DIORYCTRIA ALBOVITTELLA; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MATSUCOCCUS ACALYPTUS; PINUS EDULIS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 27644444157     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.0396     Document Type: Article

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