What causes generation cycles in populations of stored-product moths?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 352-366

  Briggs, C J ^a,b   Sait, S M ^c   Begon, M ^c   Thompson, D J ^c   Godfray, H C J ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age structure; Cycles; Models; Plodia; Population dynamics; Stored product insects

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; CANNIBALISM; GENERATION TIME; LARVA; POPULATION CYCLE;

LEPIDOPTERA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0034066575     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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