Population genetic structure of the winter moth, Operophtera brumata Linnaeus, in the Orkney Isles suggests long-distance dispersal

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-325

  Leggett, Helen C ^a   Jones, Edward O ^a   Burke, Terry ^a   Hails, Rosemary S ^b   Sait, Steven M ^c   Boots, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFLP; Calluna; Dispersal; Larval ballooning; Pest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BALLOON OBSERVATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MOORLAND; MOTH; PEST OUTBREAK; PEST SPECIES; POLYMORPHISM; SUBPOPULATION;

ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CALLUNA; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA;

EID: 79955654722     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01275.x     Document Type: Article

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