Leaf compositional differences predict variation in Hypsipyla robusta damage to Toona ciliata in field trials

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 642-648

  Cunningham, Saul A ^a   Floyd, Robert B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSITION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HOST SELECTION; LEAF CHEMISTRY; PLANT CHEMISTRY; REGRESSION MODELS;

FORESTRY;

HOST SELECTION; MOTH; PEST DAMAGE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANTATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

CILIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; HYPSIPYLA ROBUSTA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MELIACEAE; PYRALIDAE; TOONA; TOONA CILIATA;

EID: 2942735372     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-228     Document Type: Article

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