Density-dependent melanism in sub-arctic populations of winter moth larvae (Operophtera brumata)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 659-665

  Hagen, Snorre B ^a   Ims, Rolf A ^b   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birch forest; Lepidoptera; Outbreak species; Phase dependent; Population cycles

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MELANISM; MOTH; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION OUTBREAK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA;

EID: 0348196741     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2003.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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