Life tables of the processionary caterpillar Ochrogoster lunifer Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera:Thaumetopoeidae) at local and regional scales

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 330-339

  Floater, Graham J ^a   Zalucki, Myron P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cohort extinction; Generalist predation; Herbivore; Population dynamics; Spatial mortality; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; COLEOPTERA; DERMESTIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; OCHROGASTER; OCHROGASTER LUNIFER; THAUMETOPOEIDAE;

EID: 0000350479     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.1999.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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