Immediate and delayed effects of a viral pathogen and density on tent caterpillar performance

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1481-1493

  Rothman, Lorne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Delayed induced resistance; Fecundity; Inheritance; Malacosoma californicum pluviale; Maternal effects; Nuclear polyhedrosis virus; Pathogen persistence; Sublethal effects

Indexed keywords

CYPOVIRUS; MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA CALIFORNICUM; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUSES; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA CALIFORNICUM PLUVIALE;

MORTALITY; NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; TENT CATERPILLAR; VIRAL PATHOGEN;

EID: 0030613998     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1481:IADEOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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