The carbon costs for host trees of a phloem-feeding herbivore

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 603-613

  Dungan, Roger J ^a   Turnbull, Matthew H ^a   Kelly, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon uptake; Ecosystem productivity; Herbivory; Modelling; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FEEDING; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; HONEYDEW; HOST PLANT; INSECT; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FAGUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI;

EID: 34250645457     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01243.x     Document Type: Article

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