Effects of Artificial Defoliation on Growth and Biomass Accumulation in Short-Rotation Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) in North Carolina

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Jetton, Robert M ^a   Robison, Daniel J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

forest plantation; short rotation woody crop; simulated herbivory

Indexed keywords

HAMAMELIDACEAE; HEXAPODA; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; SAXIFRAGALES;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; LIQUIDAMBAR; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; HERBIVORY; LIQUIDAMBAR; NORTH CAROLINA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84928710767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.014.107     Document Type: Article

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