Stand structure interacts with previous defoliation to influence herbivore fitness

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1567-1575

  Moreau, Gaétan ^a,b   Quiring, Dan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Host plant chemistry; Insect plant interactions; Neodiprion abietis; Thinning

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA; HOST-PLANT CHEMISTRY; INSECT-PLANT INTERACTIONS; NEODIPRION ABIETIS; THINNING;

AGRICULTURE; EXPERIMENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; POPULATION STATISTICS; VEGETATION;

HEALTH;

DEFOLIATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIELD SURVEY; FITNESS; FLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION OUTBREAK; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STAND STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; THINNING;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; HEXAPODA; NEODIPRION ABIETIS; SYMPHYTA;

EID: 80051814348     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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