Geographic variation in North American gypsy moth cycles: Subharmonics, generalist predators, and spatial coupling

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-118

  Bjørnstad, Ottar N ^a   Robinet, Christelle ^b,c   Liebhold, Andrew M ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Gypsy moth; Lymantria dispar; Nonparametric spatial covariance function; Northeastern united states; Space time defoliation data; Spatiotemporal dynamics; Virus insect interactions

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; CARRYING CAPACITY; DEFOLIATION; DEFORESTATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MOTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; MOTH; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; TIME; TREE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

EID: 77649218364     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1246.1     Document Type: Article

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