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DYNAMICS OF LARCH BUD MOTH POPULATIONS1,2
- W. Baltensweiler, G. Benz, P. Bovey, V. Delucchi
- Biology
- 1977
Ideally studies on the population dynamics of organisms should be holistic, general, precise, and realistic (64). Much too often, however, support for research on forest pests approximates the curve… Expand
Waves of Larch Budmoth Outbreaks in the European Alps
- O. Bjørnstad, M. Peltonen, A. Liebhold, W. Baltensweiler
- Geography, Medicine
- Science
- 1 November 2002
Spatially extended population models predict complex spatiotemporal patterns, such as spiral waves and spatial chaos, as a result of the reaction-diffusion dynamics that arise from trophic… Expand
Genetic differentiation in Zeiraphera diniana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, the larch budmoth): polymorphism, host races or sibling species?
- I. Emelianov, J. Mallet, W. Baltensweiler
- Biology
- Heredity
- 1 October 1995
Eleven larch- and pine-feeding populations of the larch budmoth were studied in Western Europe using 24 allozyme loci. Hierarchical F-statistics between larch and pine forms (FST≍0.065) were much… Expand
Tracing the influence of larch-bud-moth insect outbreaks and weather conditions on larch tree-ring growth in Engadine (Switzerland)
- W. Baltensweiler, U. Weber, P. Cherubini
- Biology
- 1 February 2008
Tree-ring analysis of insect-defoliated trees has so far been used for detecting past insect outbreaks only. We hypothesize that the impact of the larch-bud-moth (LBM) Zeiraphera diniana outbreaks on… Expand
The Larch Budmoth in the Alps
- W. Baltensweiler, A. Fischlin
- Geography
- 1988
During the late 1940s, immediately after World War II, the lush green forests of the Engadine Valley, high in the Swiss Alps, turned an ugly red-brown in the midst of the tourist season. This was due… Expand
Why the larch bud-moth cycle collapsed in the subalpine larch-cembran pine forests in the year 1990 for the first time since 1850
- W. Baltensweiler
- Biology, Medicine
- Oecologia
- 1 May 1993
The larch bud-moth cycle has been observed in the sub-alpine larch-cembran pine forests 16 times since 1850. Infestation is easily recognized by the characteristic red-brown discoloration of the… Expand
The potential for using Larix decidua ring widths in reconstructions of larch budmoth (Zeiraphera diniana) outbreak history: dendrochronological estimates compared with insect surveys
- C. Rolland, W. Baltensweiler, V. Petitcolas
- Biology
- Trees
- 1 October 2001
Abstract. In the Alps, larch (Larix decidua Mill.) forests show periodic discolouration due to larch budmoth (LBM) outbreaks (Zeiraphera diniana Guénée, Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Tree defoliation… Expand
A contribution to the explanation of the larch bud moth cycle, the polymorphic fitness hypothesis
- W. Baltensweiler
- Biology, Medicine
- Oecologia
- 1 March 1993
Studies of fluctuating insect populations generally discuss the regulating processes at high insect numbers, but very rarely why a cycling population at low densities switches immediately from the… Expand
HOST‐INDUCED ASSORTATIVE MATING IN HOST RACES OF THE LARCH BUDMOTH
- I. Emelianov, M. Drès, W. Baltensweiler, J. Mallet
- Biology, Medicine
- Evolution; international journal of organic…
- 1 October 2001
Abstract The likelihood of sympatric speciation is enhanced when assortative mating is a by‐product of adaptation to different habitats. Pleiotropy of this kind is recognized as important in… Expand