Modification of tree architecture by a gall-forming aphid

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-18

  Kurzfeld Zexer, L ^a   Wool, D ^b   Inbar, Moshe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apical dominance; Branching; Compensation; Herbivory; Long term effect

Indexed keywords

APICAL DOMINANCE; ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE; FRUIT YIELD; HERBIVORY; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; LOW DENSITY; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST;

APHIDIDAE; BAIZONGIA PISTACIAE; HEXAPODA; PISTACIA PALAESTINA; PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 73649133306     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-009-0374-4     Document Type: Article

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