North American arthropods at risk due to widespread Fraxinus mortality caused by the alien Emerald ash borer

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1839-1846

  Gandhi, Kamal J K ^a   Herms, Daniel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrilus planipennis; Arthropods; Ash; Biodiversity; Emerald ash borer; Extinction; Extirpation; Fraxinus; Invasive species; North America

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHLOEM; XYLEM;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACARI; AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; FRAXINUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 77952291832     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9594-1     Document Type: Article

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