On comparing herbivore [insect] damage in Australian and north temperate systems [Eucalypts]
1986
Fox, L.R. (California Univ., Santa Cruz (USA). Dept. of Biology) | Morrow, P.A. (Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis (USA). Dept. of Ecology and Behavioral Biology)
Reports have suggested that Eucalyptus trees in Australia sustain less insect damage than previously estimated. The logic and data interpretation of these reports are flawed. A re-evaluation of the arguments and existing data about herbivory levels is presented. Variability as a fundamental component of the ecological processes involved, which invalidates predictions based on mean levels.
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