Comparative predation on naturally occurring gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) pupae and deployed freeze-dried pupae

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-296

  Schauber, Eric M ^a   Jones, Clive G ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Estimation; Lymantria dispar; Predation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIELD METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; LARVA; MOTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION RISK; SPATIAL VARIATION;

LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33750207864     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.2.293     Document Type: Article

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