Influences of weather and temperature on disease : implications for the population dynamics of western tent caterpillars

Studies on insect population outbreaks have failed to identify a single, general cause for population cycles. However, few studies have considered how various factors may together cause periodic outbreaks. Here I consider how disease and weather might interact to cause population cycles of wester...

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Main Author: Frid, Leonardo
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12030