Root disturbance of common ash, Fraxinus excelsior (Oleaceae), leads to reduced foliar toughness and increased feeding by a folivorous weevil, Stereonychus fraxini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecological Entomology
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0307-6946,1365-2311
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1994.tb00251.x