High larval predation rate in non-outbreaking populations of a geometrid moth

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 281-289

  Tanhuanpää, Miia ^a   Ruohomäki, Kai ^a   Uusipaikka, Esa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ants; Birds; Crab spiders; Epirrita autumnata; Field experiment; Insect herbivore; Larval predation; Parasitism; Predator exclusion; Stability; Suppression; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOTH; PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

ARANEAE; AVES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; FORMICIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PASSERIFORMES; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 0035138436     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0281:HLPRIN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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