Replacement of a dominant viral pathogen by a fungal pathogen does not alter the collapse of a regional forest insect outbreak

Oecologia

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 785-797

  Hajek, Ann E ^a   Tobin, Patrick C ^b,d   Haynes, Kyle J ^c  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependence; Environmental drivers; Epizootiology; Insect outbreaks; Spatial lag model

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; BACULOVIRIDAE; CLIMATE; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; ENVIRONMENT; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; TREE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTS; LARVA; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MOTHS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PLANT DISEASES; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84925543666     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3164-7     Document Type: Article

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