Synchrony in outbreaks of forest Lepidoptera: A possible example of the Moran effect

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1111-1117

  Myers, Judith H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest Lepidoptera outbreaks; Lepidoptera in the Northern Hemisphere; Moran effect; Population cycles; Population dynamics; Sunspot cycles; Synchrony of Lepidoptera outbreaks; Weather and populations

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0031853056     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1111:SIOOFL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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