6. Spatial Synchrony of Insect Outbreaks

  1. Pedro Barbosa4,
  2. Deborah K. Letourneau5,
  3. Anurag A. Agrawal6,7
  1. Andrew M. Liebhold1,
  2. Kyle J. Haynes2,
  3. Ottar N. Bjørnstad3

Published Online: 29 JUN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/9781118295205.ch6

Book Title

Insect Outbreaks Revisited

Insect Outbreaks Revisited

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How to Cite

Liebhold, A. M., Haynes, K. J. and Bjørnstad, O. N. (2012) Spatial Synchrony of Insect Outbreaks, in Insect Outbreaks Revisited (eds P. Barbosa, D. K. Letourneau and A. A. Agrawal), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118295205.ch6

Editor Information

  1. 4

    Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA

  2. 5

    Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA

  3. 6

    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

  4. 7

    Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

Author Information

  1. 1

    USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Morgantown, WV 26505 USA

  2. 2

    Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce VA 22620 USA

  3. 3

    Departments of Entomology and Biology, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 29 JUN 2012
  2. Published Print: 27 JUL 2012

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781444337594

Online ISBN: 9781118295205

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Keywords:

  • spatial synchrony of insect outbreaks;
  • “spatial synchrony,” spatially disjunct populations correlated in time;
  • quantifying synchrony, using Pearson product–moment correlation;
  • ubiquity of spatial synchrony in forest outbreaks, and “inverse problem”;
  • trophic interactions;
  • food web interactions in population synchrony;
  • spatial synchrony in population dynamics, weather varying with time;
  • outbreak synchrony, insect populations and management

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Quantifying synchrony

  • Causes of spatial synchrony

  • The ubiquity of synchrony and its implications

  • Acknowledgments

  • References

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