Native ecotypic variation and the role of host identity in the spread of an invasive herbivore, Cactoblastis cactorum

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 402-410

  Brooks, Christopher P ^a   Ervin, Gary N ^a   Varone, Laura ^b   Logarzo, Guillermo A ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS South American Biological Control Laboratory   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cactoblastis cactorum; Ecotype; Florida, USA; Invasive species; Niche modeling; Opuntia spp.; Plant insect interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CACTUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOTYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOTH; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOTH; OPUNTIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOTHS; OPUNTIA;

ARGENTINA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM; HEXAPODA; OPUNTIA;

EID: 84860255210     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0541.1     Document Type: Article

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