Optimizing the Use of Barrier Zones to Slow the Spread of Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) in North America

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 165-174

  Sharov, Alexei A ^a   Liebhold, Andrew M ^a,b   Roberts, E Anderson ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier zone; Biological invasion; Lymantria dispar; Model; Optimization

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 0001382781     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.1.165     Document Type: Article

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