The relationship between male moth density and female mating success in invading populations of Lymantria dispar

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-111

  Tobin, Patrick C ^a   Onufrieva, Ksenia S ^b   Thorpe, Kevin W ^c  

^a NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Biological invasions; Density; Founder population; Invasive species; Lepidoptera; Lymantriidae; Mating behavior

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DATA SET; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MALE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; MOTH; PEST SPECIES; PHEROMONE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 84872414707     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2012.01299.x     Document Type: Article

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