Population cycles of autumnal moth, Epirrita autumnata, in relation to birch mast seeding

Oecologia

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 213-219

  Selås, Vidar ^a   Hogstad, Olav ^b   Andersson, Göran ^c   Von Proschwitz, Ted ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens; Flowering; Larval density; Population outbreaks; Seed production

Indexed keywords

MOTH; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; SEEDING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034782255     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100711     Document Type: Article

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