Performance of the cyclic autumnal moth, Epirrita autumnata, in relation to birch mast seeding

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 354-361

  Klemola, Tero ^a   Hanhimäki, Sinikka ^a   Ruohomäki, Kai ^a   Senn, Josef ^b   Tanhuanpää, Miia ^a   Kaitaniemi, Pekka ^c   Ranta, Hanna ^a   Haukioja, Erkki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Larval growth rate; Mountain birch; Population cycle; Population growth rate

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MASTING; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION OUTBREAK;

FINLAND; LAPLAND;

ANIMALIA; BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; EPIRRITA; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; GEOMETRIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0037680659     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1194-7     Document Type: Article

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