Response of passerine birds to an irruption of a pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa population with a shifted phenology

Ardeola

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-203

  Pimentel, Carla ^a   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird community; Insect defoliator; Insect outbreak; Life cycle shift; Mediterranean pine forest; Numerical response; Point count

Indexed keywords

AVES; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; PINUS PINASTER; THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA; TURDUS MERULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78149261363     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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