Predation of gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) pupae in three ecosystems along the southern edge of infestation

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 668-675

  Hastings, F L ^a   Hain, F P ^a   Smith, H R ^a,b   Cook, S P ^a,c   Monahan, J F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymantria dispar; Mast; Peromyscus; Predation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INVERTEBRATE; MASTING; POPULATION REGULATION; PREDATION; SMALL MAMMAL;

(SOUTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

CRICETINAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; QUERCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036706253     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.4.668     Document Type: Article

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