Larval parasitism rate increases in herbivore-damaged trees: A field experiment with cyclic birch feeding moths

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1525-1531

  Klemola, Tero ^a   Ammunét, Tea ^a   Andersson, Tommi ^a   Klemola, Netta ^a   Ruohomäki, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTH; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA;

EID: 84866175288     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.20096.x     Document Type: Article

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