PT Journal
AU Kula, E
TI The leafhopper fauna in birch (Betula pendula Roth) stands
SO Journal of Forest Science
PY 2002
BP 351
EP 360
VL 48
IS 8
DI 10.17221/11895-JFS
DE birch (Betula pendula Roth); fauna of leafhoppers; photoeclectors; ground traps; shaking down; air-polluted area
AB In birch (Betula pendula Roth) stands of the Decin sandstone uplands (northern Bohemia) 55 species of leafhoppers were captured using photoeclectors, ground traps and shaking down onto sheets (23,855 specimens of larvae and imagoes). The dominant representatives of the grass and herb undergrowth in birch stands are Jassargus allobrogicus, Anoscopus flavostriatus, Neophilaenus lineatus, Hyledelphax elegantula, Diplocolenus bohemani, Streptanus brevipennis, Macustus grisescens, Planaphrodes bifasciata and Cercopis vulnerata. A heavy abundance of the dominant Oncopis flavicollis and the less abundant O. tristis, weakens birch growth due to the leaf-sucking activities of the insects.
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