Density-dependent resistance of the gypsy moth Lymantria dispar to its nucleopolyhedrovirus, and the consequences for population dynamics

Oecologia

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 691-701

  Reilly, James R ^a   Hajek, Ann E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowding; Density dependent prophylaxis; Disease resistance; Mathematical model; NPV; Population dynamics; Stress

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LARVA; MOTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION OUTBREAK; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARVA; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIA DISPAR MNPV; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 36849042048     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0871-3     Document Type: Article

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