Influence of adult and egg predation on reproductive success of Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

Oikos

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-272

  Tanhuanpää, Miia ^a   Ruohomäki, Kai ^a   Kaitaniemi, Pekka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

AVES; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; GEOMETRIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; OPILIONES;

EID: 19244373116     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12546.x     Document Type: Article

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