Within and between population variation in disease resistance in cyclic populations of western tent caterpillars: A test of the disease defence hypothesis

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 646-655

  Cory, Jenny S ^a,b   Myers, Judith H ^c  

^a ALGOMA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Costs of resistance; Heterogeneity; Insect outbreaks; Population cycles

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CATERPILLAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FECUNDITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; MOTH; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION OUTBREAK; TEMPERATE FOREST; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; LARVA; MOTHS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; TIME FACTORS;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA CALIFORNICUM; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 63849184492     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01519.x     Document Type: Article

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