Maternal effects in gypsy moth: Only sex ratio varies with population density

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 305-314

  Myers, Judith H ^a   Boettner, George ^b   Elkinton, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest caterpillars; Gypsy moth; Local mate competition; Lymantria dispar; Maternal effects; Population cycles; Population density effects on subsequent generations; Population density in gypsy moths; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

MOTH; OFFSPRING PRODUCTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO;

LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIA DISPOR; LYMANTRIIDAE; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0031705427     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0305:MEIGMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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