Modeling the Influence of Forest Characteristics and Ant (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) Predation on Dispersal and Survival of Neonate Gypsy Moths (Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 288-296

  Weseloh, Ronald M ^a  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Deterministic model; Dispersal; Formica neogagates; Formica subsericea; Individual based model; Lymantria dispar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008942323     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.2.288     Document Type: Article

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9. Weseloh, R. M. 1985. Dispersal, survival, and population abundance of gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae), larvae determined by releases and mark-recapture studies. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 78: 728-732. 1989. Simulation of predation by ants based on direct observations of attacks on gypsy moth larvae. Can. Entomol. 121: 1069-1076. 1990. Simulation of litter residence times of young gypsy moth larvae and implications for predation by ants. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 57: 215-221. 1994. Spatial distribution of the ants Formica subsericea, F. neogagates, and Aphaenogaster fulva (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Connecticut. Environ. Entomol. 23: 1165-1170.
10. Weseloh, R. M. 1985. Dispersal, survival, and population abundance of gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae), larvae determined by releases and mark-recapture studies. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 78: 728-732. 1989. Simulation of predation by ants based on direct observations of attacks on gypsy moth larvae. Can. Entomol. 121: 1069-1076. 1990. Simulation of litter residence times of young gypsy moth larvae and implications for predation by ants. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 57: 215-221. 1994. Spatial distribution of the ants Formica subsericea, F. neogagates, and Aphaenogaster fulva (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Connecticut. Environ. Entomol. 23: 1165-1170.