• DOI:10.1007/BF00317302
Corpus ID: 21096034

Why the larch bud-moth cycle collapsed in the subalpine larch-cembran pine forests in the year 1990 for the first time since 1850

@article{Baltensweiler2004WhyTL,
  title={Why the larch bud-moth cycle collapsed in the subalpine larch-cembran pine forests in the year 1990 for the first time since 1850},
  author={W. Baltensweiler},
  journal={Oecologia},
  year={2004},
  volume={94},
  pages={62-66}
}

W. Baltensweiler

Published 2004

Biology, Medicine

Oecologia

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 larch crowns due to the wasteful feeding of the bud moth larvae. The heaviest defoliation recurs at intervals of 8.47±0.27 (SE) years, and the larval density per kilogram of larch branches varies more than 10000-fold over four or five generations. The basic regulatory mechanism for this cycle is the… CONTINUE READING

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