Structure, specificity, and evolution of insect guilds related to cones of conifers in Western Europe

Alain Roques

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Structure, specificity, and evolution of insect guilds related to cones of conifers in Western Europe

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Alain Roques

Year:

1991

Type:

Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Baranchikov, Yuri N.; Mattson, William J.; Hain, Fred P.; Payne, Thomas L., eds. Forest Insect Guilds: Patterns of Interaction with Host Trees; 1989 August 13-17; Abakan, Siberia, U.S.S.R. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-153. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 300-315.

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Abstract

Patchy and ephemeral resources, such as the cones of conifers, can be very useful in the study of plant-insect relationships. Studies of such relationships in forest entomology are typically complicated by the spatial and temporal characteristics of the host plants, which occur over vast areas and have lifespans of decades or even centuries. The reproductive structures of conifers, on the other hand, are much more easily studied because they mature within 1 to a few years and occur as discrete, easily sampled units. They also play a unique role in forest ecosystems.

Parent Publication

Forest Insect Guilds: Patterns of Interaction with Host Trees

Citation

Roques, Alain. 1991. Structure, specificity, and evolution of insect guilds related to cones of conifers in Western Europe. In: Baranchikov, Yuri N.; Mattson, William J.; Hain, Fred P.; Payne, Thomas L., eds. Forest Insect Guilds: Patterns of Interaction with Host Trees; 1989 August 13-17; Abakan, Siberia, U.S.S.R. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-153. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 300-315.