Effects of colony size on larval performance in a processionary moth

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 436-445

  Ronnås, Cecilia ^a   Larsson, Stig ^a   Pitacco, Andrea ^b   Battisti, Andrea ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Defence; Growth; Lepidoptera; Predation; Thaumetopoea pinivora; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLONY STRUCTURE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; MORALITY; MOTH; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; THAUMETOPOEA; THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA;

EID: 77955248525     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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