Impact of starvation on immune defense and other life-history traits of an outbreaking geometrid, Epirrita autumnata: A possible causal trigger for the crash phase of population cycle

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-96

  Yang, Shiyong ^a   Ruuhola, Teija ^a   Rantala, Markus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; FECUNDITY; FOOD LIMITATION; IMMUNITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOTH; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION OUTBREAK; STARVATION;

EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 34247604811     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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