Differential response of trees and shrubs to browsing and pruning: the effects on Pistacia growth and gall-inducing aphids

• Published in: Plant ecology Vol. 169; no. 2; pp. 285 - 294
• Main Authors: Martinez, J.J.Y, Wool, D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Kluwer Publishers 01.01.2003; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aphidoidea; Apical dominance; Branches; Browsing; cattle; Colonization; colonizing ability; crown galls; Gall; Galls; Guilds; Herbivores; Insects; Morphology; Natural vegetation; Pasture; pastures; phytophagous insects; Pistacia atlantica; Pistacia terebinthus subsp. palaestina; Plant ecology; Plant gall; plant growth; plant morphology; Plants; Pruning; Resource availability; Shoots; Shrubs; Species; Stems; tree growth; Trees; Wool; Israel

The effects of long term browsing on growth and morphology of P. atlantica trees and P. palaestina shrubs, and on the colonization of these hosts by their respective gall-inducing aphid guilds, were studied in natural vegetation pastures in Israel. To simulate apical dominance release by browsing, t...