Preoutbreak dynamics of a recently established invasive herbivore: Roles of natural enemies and habitat structure in stage-specific performance of gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) populations in Northeastern Wisconsin

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1174-1184

  Gray, Rebecca Hoffman ^a,b   Lorimer, Craig G ^a   Tobin, Patrick C ^c   Raffa, Kenneth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b 2811 Agriculture Drive   (United States)

^c NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest insects; Habitat structure; Invasive species; Lymantria dispar; Natural enemies

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MATING SUCCESS; MORTALITY; MOTH; POPULATION OUTBREAK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; MOTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOTHS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WISCONSIN;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COMPSILURA CONCINNATA; ENTOMOPHAGA MAIMAIGA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; MAMMALIA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; QUERCUS; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 56149086600     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[1174:PDOARE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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