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Kari Heliövaara (email), Rauno Väisänen

Interactions among herbivores in three polluted pine stands.

Heliövaara K., Väisänen R. (1988). Interactions among herbivores in three polluted pine stands. Silva Fennica vol. 22 no. 4 article id 5361. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15518

Abstract

Succession of insect attacks on young Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) was studied in heavily, moderately and slightly polluted pine stands within a three-kilometre distance from a prominent emission source in Western Finland. The total number of pest species was highest in the moderately polluted stand, but unlike other herbivores, aphids were also abundant in the heavily polluted stands. A few positive but no negative interactions were detected between herbivores, which suggests that insect species may benefit from a previous occurrence of other species in the same tree.

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Keywords
Pinus sylvestris; Scots pine; Finland; Harjavalta; air pollution; insect pests; herbivores

Published in 1988

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