Historical distribution of the oak processionary moth Thaumetopoea processionea in Europe suggests recolonization instead of expansion

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-155

  Groenen, Frans ^a   Meurisse, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a NL 5575 AG Luyksgestel   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dispersal; Oak processionary moth; Outbreaks of forest lepidoptera; Population dynamics; Quantile regression model; Range shift; Urticating caterpillar

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOTODONTIDAE; THAUMETOPOEA PROCESSIONEA;

EID: 84859438828     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2011.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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