Is fecundity correlated with resistance to viral disease in the western tent caterpillar?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 396-398

  Rothman, Lorne D ^a   Myers, Judith H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

baculovirus; disease resistance; fecundity; Malacosoma; Nuclear polyhedrosis virus; tent caterpillars

Indexed keywords

CYPOVIRUS; MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA CALIFORNICUM; PHACELIA CONGESTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES;

EID: 0030477617     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1996.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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