Population responses of a conifer‐dwelling aphid to seasonal changes in its host

Abstract.  1. Current evidence suggests that seasonal changes in spruce needle sap nutrients have a decisive influence on green spruce aphid (Elatobium abietinum) population density, but the mechanisms of population change, the roles of development rate, fertility and mortality, and the existence of density‐dependent processes, are not clearly understood.

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