Forest fragmentation and colony performance of forest tent caterpillar

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 383-391

  Rothman, Lorne D ^a   Roland, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; EGG PRODUCTION; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA;

EID: 0031822504     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00403.x     Document Type: Article

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