Abstract
Phytomyza ilicicola Loew (Diptera: Agromyzidae), a univoltine specialist leaf miner, typically reaches higher densities on cultivated Ilex opaca Aiton planted in sunny, urban sites than it does on native trees in the forest understory (Potter & Kimmerer, 1986; Potter, 1992). I manipulated shading and fertilization to study their effects on holly leaf morphology, nutritional quality, early leaf abscission, and incidence and survival of leaf miners.
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Potter, D.A. (1992). Abundance and mortality of a specialist leafminer in response to experimental shading and fertilization of American holly. Oecologia 89: (in press).
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Potter, D.A. (1992). Abundance and mortality of a specialist leaf miner in response to shading and fertilization of American holly. In: Menken, S.B.J., Visser, J.H., Harrewijn, P. (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. Series Entomologica, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1654-1_8
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