Impact of entomophaga maimaiga (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) on outbreak gypsy moth populations (Lepidoptera: Erebidae): the role of weather

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 632-641

  Reilly, James R ^a   Hajek, Ann E ^a   Liebhold, Andrew M ^b   Plymale, Ruth ^a,c  

^a Department of Entomology Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental driver; Epizootiology; Invasive species; Lymantria dispar; Outbreak insect

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST FLOOR; FUNGUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROCLIMATE; MORTALITY; MOTH; PEST DAMAGE;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; LARVA; MOTHS; PENNSYLVANIA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 84901938611     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN13194     Document Type: Article

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