Implicating an introduced generalist parasitoid in the invasive browntail moth's enigmatic demise

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2664-2672

  Elkinton, Joseph S ^a   Parry, Dylan ^b   Boettner, George H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Browntail moth; Compsilura concinnata; Euproctis chrysorrhoea; Forest defoliator; Forest insect; Invasive species; Nontarget impacts; Parasitoids; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENCLAVE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOTH; PARASITISM; PARASITOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MOTHS; NEW ENGLAND; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

COMPSILURA CONCINNATA; EUPROCTIS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; NYGMIA PHAEORRHOEA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 33845373010     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2664:IAIGPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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