Prevalence and Persistence of Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus in Fluctuating Populations of Forest Tent Caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in the Area of Prince George, British Columbia

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 882-887

  Kukan, Barbara ^a,b   Myers, Judith H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest Lepidoptera; Malacosoma disstria; Nuclear polyhedrosis virus; Population cycles; Viral epizootic

Indexed keywords

CYPOVIRUS; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES;

EID: 0000399379     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.4.882     Document Type: Article

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