Effects of increased content of leaf surface flavonoids on the performance of mountain birch feeding sawflies vary for early and late season species

Chemoecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 159-167

  Lahtinen, Maria ^a   Kapari, Lauri ^a   Haukioja, Erkki ^a   Pihlaja, Kalevi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birch; Flavonoid aglycones; Sawfly larvae

Indexed keywords

BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; SYMPHYTA;

EID: 33747204047     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-006-0343-y     Document Type: Article

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