Elevational gradient in the cyclicity of a forest-defoliating insect

Population Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-250

  Haynes, Kyle J ^a   Liebhold, Andrew M ^b   Johnson, Derek M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gypsy moth; Lymantria dispar; Periodicity; Peromyscus leucopus; Population cycle

Indexed keywords

CYCLICITY; DEFOLIATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GENERALIST; HOST PLANT; LATITUDE; MOTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERIODICITY; PEST SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 84862805835     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-012-0305-x     Document Type: Article

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