Frequency and intensity of drought stress alters the population size and dynamics of Elatobium abietinum on Sitka spruce

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 260-269

  Banfield Zanin, J A ^a   Leather, S R ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

drought; Elatobium abietinum; needle loss; Picea sitchensis; population dynamics

Indexed keywords

APHID; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFOLIATION; DORMANCY; DROUGHT STRESS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; TREE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

APHIDIDAE; ELATOBIUM ABIETINUM; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 84901385933     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aab.12133     Document Type: Article

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