Abstract
Coweeta watersheds contain a varied and abundant fauna of insects, spiders, mites, and other invertebrates. Arthropods are usually inconspicuous, except when population excursions of one or more species produce noticeable defoliation in forest canopies. Outbreaks of defoliating or wood-boring insect species clearly have an impact on the ecology of forested watersheds and affect decisions about forest management. Considerable information has been developed on the biology and ecology of these economically important insect species (Coulson and Witter 1984). Much less is known about the ecology of economically unimportant insects, or even on the nonoutbreak phases of the important ones.
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Crossley, D.A., Gist, C.S., Hargrove, W.W., Risley, L.S., Schowalter, T.D., Seastedt, T.R. (1988). Foliage Consumption and Nutrient Dynamics in Canopy Insects. In: Swank, W.T., Crossley, D.A. (eds) Forest Hydrology and Ecology at Coweeta. Ecological Studies, vol 66. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3732-7_14
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