Developing and validating a model for predicting gypsy moth (lepidoptera: lymantriidae) defoliation in Connecticut

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1546-1555

  Weseloh, Ronald M ^a  

^a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Egg mass counts; Geostatistics; Logistic regression; Lymantria dispar

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 0030499404     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.6.1546     Document Type: Article

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