The phenological window for western spruce budworm: Seasonal decline in resource quality

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 340-347

  Nealis, Vincent G ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Budworms; Fitness; Host plant interactions; Phenology; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027957856     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2012.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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