Synchronization of hatching date with budburst of individual host trees (Quercus robur) in the winter moth (Operophtera brumata) and its fitness consequences

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-121

  Van Dongen, Stefan ^a   Backeljau, Thierry ^b   Matthysen, Erik ^a   Dhondt, Andre A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

fitness; local adaptation; oak; synchrony; winter moth

Indexed keywords

OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA; QUERCUS ROBUR; FAGACEAE; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

BUDBURST; FITNESS; HATCH SYNCHRONIZATION; HATCHING DATE; PEDUNCULATE OAK; WINTER MOTH;

EID: 0030621381     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5969     Document Type: Article

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