Warming and drought combine to increase pest insect fitness on urban trees

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Dale, Adam G ^a   Frank, Steven D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BODY SIZE; CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRIVER; DROUGHT STRESS; EMBRYO; FOREST; HABITAT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PEST INSECT; RURAL AREA; SCALE INSECT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; WARMING; WATER AVAILABILITY; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; HERBIVORY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; HEMIPTERA; HERBIVORY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TREES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85014919340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173844     Document Type: Article

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