Climate change and outbreaks of the geometrids Operophtera brumata and Epirrita autumnata in subarctic birch forest: Evidence of a recent outbreak range expansion

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-264

  Jepsen, Jane U ^a   Hagen, Snorre B ^a   Ims, Rolf A ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Forest defoliation; Global warming; Insect attacks; Invasion; Population cycles

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; MOTH; PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RANGE EXPANSION; SUBARCTIC REGION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SCANDINAVIA; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BETULA; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MOTHS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SCANDINAVIA; SEASONS;

EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA;

EID: 38849120831     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01339.x     Document Type: Article

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