Environmental forcing and high amplitude fluctuations in the population dynamics of the tropical butterfly Acraea acerata (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1032-1045

  Azerefegne, Ferdu ^a   Solbreck, Christer ^a   Ives, Anthony R ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Generation cycles; Natural enemies; Sweet potato butterfly; Time series analysis; Weather effects

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; NATURAL ENEMY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

ACRAEA ACERATA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0035206623     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8790.2001.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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