Habitat patchiness and the distribution, abundance, and population dynamics of an insect herbivore

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1842-1857

  Doak, Patricia ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Dryas drummondii; Habitat patchiness; Itame andersoni; Metapopulation; Population dynamics; Population structure; Source sink population; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HERBIVORE; MOTH; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES; WRANGELL MOUNTAINS;

DRYAS DRUMMONDII; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0033926844     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1842:HPATDA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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