Tree diversity reduces pest damage in mature forests across Europe

Biology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Guyot, Virginie ^a,c   Castagneyrol, Bastien ^c   Vialatte, Aude ^a,b   Deconchat, Marc ^a   Jactel, Hervé ^c  

^a UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Associational resistance; Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DEFOLIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LATITUDE; MIXED FOREST; PEST DAMAGE; PEST RESISTANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

EUROPE;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; EUROPE; FOREST; HERBIVORY; INSECT; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; EUROPE; FORESTS; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; TREES;

EID: 84988486552     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.1037     Document Type: Article

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