The effect of larval aggregation behaviour on larval growth of the spruce bark beetle Dendroctonus micans

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-115

  Storer, Andrew J ^b   Wainhouse, David ^a   Speight, Martin R ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b 201 Wellman Hall ^*

Author keywords

bark beetle; Dendroctonus micans; dynamic wound response; feeding aggregation; group feeding; Norway spruce; Picea abies; Scolytidae

Indexed keywords

DENDROCTONUS MICANS; COLEOPTERA; PICEA ABIES; PINACEAE; SCOLYTIDAE;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOUR; GREAT SPRUCE BARK BEETLE; GROWTH; LARVAL AGGREGATION; NORWAY SPRUCE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0030618417     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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