Rainfall, nitrogen and host plant condition: Consequences for the processionary caterpillar, Ochrogaster lunifer

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-255

  Floater, Graham J ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acacia; Herbivory; Lepidoptera; Nitrogen; Ochrogaster lunifer; Performance; Water stress

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT CONDITION; NITROGEN; PROCESSIONARY MOTH; RAINFALL;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ACACIA; ACACIA CONCURRENS; FABACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MIMOSACEAE; OCHROGASTER; OCHROGASTER LUNIFER; THAUMETOPOEIDAE;

EID: 0030779937     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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