Geographical variation in the spatial synchrony of a forest-defoliating insect: Isolation of environmental and spatial drivers

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1753, 2013, Pages

  Haynes, Kyle J ^a   Bjørnstad, Ottar N ^b   Allstadt, Andrew J ^a   Liebhold, Andrew M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Insect outbreaks; Moran effect; Oak masting

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; DISPERSAL; GENERALIST; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MASTING; MOTH; PERTURBATION; PEST OUTBREAK; PREDATOR; SYNCHRONY;

NORTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

EID: 84879005075     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2373     Document Type: Article

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