Fertilisers and insect herbivores: A meta-analysis

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 223-233

  Butler, J ^a   Garratt, M P D ^b   Leather, S R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entomology; fertiliser; insect pests; insect plant interactions; meta analysis; nitrogen; phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENTOMOLOGY; HERBIVORE; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POTASSIUM;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84867744170     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2012.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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