Gall surface area is a simple and accurate measure of fitness in Nipponaphidini galling aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-221

  Tosaka, Yasuhiko ^a   Nishida, Takayoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aphid; Fitness; Gall; Gall size; Neothoracaphis yanonis

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; DINIPPONAPHIS AUTUMNA; HEMIPTERA; NEOTHORACAPHIS YANONIS; NIPPONAPHIDINI;

EID: 34548329113     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2007.217     Document Type: Article

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