Why do populations of southern pine beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) fluctuate?

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 401-409

  Turchin, Peter ^a   Lorio, Peter L ^a   Taylor, Andrew D ^a   Billings, Ronald F ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Texas Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroctonus frontalis; Insecta; Population dynamics; Time series

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; INSECTA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 0000177358     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: 19382936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/20.1.401     Document Type: Review

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