Phenological diversity in the interactions between winter moth (Operophtera brumata) larvae and parasitoid wasps in sub-arctic mountain birch forest

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 705-714

  Vindstad, O P L ^a   Hagen, S B ^a,b   Jepsen, J U ^a,c   Kapari, L ^a   Schott, T ^a   Ims, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

altitudinal gradient; climate; guild; mismatch; Operophtera brumata; population cycle amplitude

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; FOLIAGE; GUILD; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTH; PARASITISM; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION CYCLE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION; SUBARCTIC REGION; TREELINE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WASP;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MOTH; NORWAY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; WASP;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BETULA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHS; NORWAY; TIME FACTORS; WASPS;

BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA;

EID: 80155133816     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485311000277     Document Type: Article

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