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The insect galls on willow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

S. E. Hartley
S. E. Hartley
Affiliation:
I.T.E. Banchory Research Station, Banchory, Kincardineshire AB31 4BY, Scotland, U.K.
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Synopsis

A provisional species list for the insects galling willow in Britain is presented. Aspects of willow biology which may be important in gall-insect species diversity are briefly discussed and the process of gall formation is reviewed for one species of willow-galling sawfly. An experiment investigating willow defences against galling, by measuring phenolic levels in plant and gall tissue, is also described.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 98: Willow , 1992 , pp. 91 - 104
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1992

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