Do sub-Arctic winter moth populations in coastal birch forest exhibit spatially synchronous dynamics?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1129-1136

  Ims, Rolf A ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a   Hagen, Snorre B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate; Dispersal barriers; Insect population cycles; Moran effect; Study design

Indexed keywords

MOTH; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONY;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA;

EID: 8144223706     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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