Dispersal polymorphism in an invasive forest pest affects its ability to establish

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1935-1943

  Robinet, Christelle ^a,b   Liebhold, Andrew M ^b  

^a Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

^b US Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effects; Biological invasion; Diffusion; Dispersal; Gypsy moth; Individual based model; Lymantria dispar; Mating success; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DATA ACQUISITION; DISPERSAL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOLATED POPULATION; LIFE HISTORY; MATING SUCCESS; PEST SPECIES; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; STOCHASTICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLYING; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; TREE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; TREES;

NORTH AMERICA;

LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

EID: 70349319449     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1971.1     Document Type: Article

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