Association of tree diameter with body size and lipid content of mountain pine beetles

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 467-477

  Graf, M ^a   Reid, M L ^b   Aukema, B H ^a,c   Lindgren, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; EMERGENCE; ENTOMOLOGY; HOST PLANT; LIPID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PUPA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PRINCE GEORGE;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINACEAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84866867399     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2012.38     Document Type: Article

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