Spatially patterned guild structure in larval parasitoids of cyclically outbreaking winter moth populations

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 456-463

  Vindstad, Ole Petter Laksforsmo ^a   Hagen, Snorre B ^b   Schott, Tino ^a   Ims, Rolf A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Competitive lottery; Founder control; Host population cycles; Spatial community structure; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GUILD STRUCTURE; LARVA; MOTH; PARASITOID; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

FENNOSCANDIA; NORWAY;

GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA;

EID: 77955245879     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01201.x     Document Type: Article

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