Ecological mechanisms of population change during outbreaks of the spruce budworm

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 461-477

  Regniere J ^a   Nealis, V G ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choristoneura fumiferana; Defoliation; Host plant interactions; Insect outbreak; Natural enemies; Population dynamics; Spruce budworm

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FECUNDITY; HOST PLANT; MOTH; NATURAL ENEMY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HEXAPODA; PICEA;

EID: 34848877835     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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