Two types of refuge have opposite effects on the size of larval aggregations in a tropical defoliator

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-230

  Horgan, Finbarr G ^a,b  

^a University of El Salvador   (El Salvador)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Defence; Density responses; El Salvador; Ficus; Gregariousness; Parasitism; Refuges; Tachinidae; Tiger moth; Tropical defoliator

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; HOST PLANT; MOTH; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARCTIIDAE; FICUS BENJAMINA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 20444445048     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2005.035     Document Type: Article

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