A structured threshold model for mountain pine beetle outbreak

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 565-589

  Lewis, Mark A ^a   Nelson, William ^a   Xu, Cailin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Integrodifference equation; Mountain pine beetle; Structured population model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PINE; PLANT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PINUS; PLANT DISEASES;

COLEOPTERA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 77952668843     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-009-9461-3     Document Type: Article

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