Studies of ballooning and resulting patterns of locally contagious distribution of the bagworm Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Haworth) (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 291-313

  Ghent, Arthur W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST HEALTH; PEST SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

NORMAN; OKLAHOMA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; PSYCHIDAE; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS; THYRIDOPTERYX EPHEMERAEFORMIS;

EID: 0032738575     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0291:SOBARP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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