Gender-Related developmental instability and herbivory of Pistacia atlantica across a steep environmental gradient

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-410

  Inbar, Moshe ^a   Kark, Salit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aphids; Environmental stress; Fordinae; Gall; Gender; Leaf asymmetry; Peripheral populations

Indexed keywords

APHID; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HERBIVORY; LEAF; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TREE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

APHIDIDAE; PEMPHIGINAE; PISTACIA ATLANTICA; PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 63149164996     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02861702     Document Type: Article

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