Budbreak Phenology and Natural Enemies Mediate Survival of First-Instar Forest Tent Caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1368-1374

  Parry, Dylan ^a,c   Spence, John R ^a   Volney, W Jan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchrony; Invertebrate predation; Malacosoma disstria; Phenological window; Trembling aspen; Tri trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0001605934     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.6.1368     Document Type: Article

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