Vertical stratification in the spatial distribution of the beech scale insect (Ultracoelostoma assimile) in Nothofagus tree canopies in New Zealand

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-195

  Wardhaugh, Carl W ^a   Blakely, Tanya J ^a   Greig, Hamish ^a   Morris, Paul D ^a   Barnden, Annabel ^a   Rickard, Sarah ^a   Atkinson, Basil ^a   Fagan, Laura L ^b   Ewers, Robert M ^a,c,d   Didham, Raphael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest canopy; Honeydew; Nothofagus fusca; Sooty beech scale insect; Sooty mould fungi; Spatial heterogeneity; Ultracoelostoma assimile

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FOREST CANOPY; FUNGUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; INSECT; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

FAGACEAE; FAGUS; FUNGI; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MARGARODIDAE; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS FUSCA;

EID: 33645860475     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2006.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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