Performance of moth larvae on birch in relation to altitude, climate, host quality and parasitoids

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 92-101

  Virtanen, Tarmo ^a,b   Neuvonen, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens ssp. czrepanovii; Climate change; Epirrita autumnata; Geometridae; Insect outbreaks; Lepidoptera

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BODY CONDITION; CLIMATE; HOST QUALITY; LARVA; PARASITISM; SURVIVAL;

FINLAND;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA JUCUNDA; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; EULOPHIDAE; EULOPHUS LARVARUM; GEOMETRIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0032873997     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050837     Document Type: Article

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