Modelling the role of host plant dispersion in the search success of herbivorous insects: Implications for ecological pest management

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 183-196

  Levine, Stephen H ^a   Wetzler, Richard E ^b  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Patchy environments; Pest management; Plant herbivore relationships; Search strategies; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; MODELLING; PEST MANAGEMENT; PLANT-HERBIVORE RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030512877     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00131-x     Document Type: Article

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