Drought intensity and frequency have contrasting effects on development time and survival of the green spruce aphid

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 309-316

  Banfield Zanin, Jennifer A ^a,c   Leather, Simon R ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Stockbridge Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Elatobium abietinum; Generation time; Lifespan; Nymph survival; Picea sitchensis

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 84935730385     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/afe.12109     Document Type: Article

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