Spruce budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) field fecundity: New insights into its estimation and use

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 73-81

  Robison, D J ^a   Abrahamson, L P ^c   Raffa, K F ^b   White, E H ^c  

^a Department of Forestry Jordan Hall Box 8008 N C ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Choristoneura fumiferana; Picea mariana; Population dynamics; Pupal size

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FORESTRY;

BLACK SPRUCE; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA MARIANA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUPAL SIZE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BLACK SPRUCE; FECUNDITY; SPRUCE BUDWORM;

LAINE; USA;

ANIMALIA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0032572508     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00225-9     Document Type: Article

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