What causes outbreaks of the gypsy moth in North America?

Population Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 257-266

  Liebhold, A ^a   Elkinton, J ^b   Williams, D ^a   Muzika, R M ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Lepidoptera; Lymantria dispar; Lymantriidae; Outbreak; Predation; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

MOTH; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; MAMMALIA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0034481495     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012004     Document Type: Review

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