Are population outbreaks in sub-arctic geometrids terminated by larval parasitoids?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 701-708

  Schott, Tino ^a   Hagen, Snorre B ^b   Ims, Rolf A ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Natural enemies; Population cycles; Spatial scale dependence

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOTH; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITOID; PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBARCTIC REGION;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; WASP;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MOTHS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; WASPS;

FENNOSCANDIA;

EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA;

EID: 77954009290     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01673.x     Document Type: Article

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