Phase-dependent outbreak dynamics of geometrid moth linked to host plant phenology

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1676, 2009, Pages 4119-4128

  Jepsen, Jane U ^a,b   Hagen, Snorre B ^a   Karlsen, Stein Rune ^c   Ims, Rolf A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORUT IT   (Norway)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Forest insects; MODIS NDVI; Population synchrony; Spread distance distributions; Spring phenology

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; DEFOLIATION; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; MODIS; MOTH; NDVI; PEST OUTBREAK; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIRCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFOLIATION; FOREST; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PEST INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING;

FENNOSCANDIA;

GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 72849111408     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1148     Document Type: Article

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