Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Malacosoma"”.
-
Acoustically mediated risk assessment of eastern tent caterpillars (Malacosoma americanum)
… risk assessment in Eastern tent caterpillars, Malacosoma americanum, which live in colonies on silk tents. Malacosoma americanum responded to acoustic stimuli primarily by flicking, and were most sensitive to low frequency (100-500 Hz) sounds, and sounds and vibrations of certain …
-
Competition and Community Interactions of Two Generalist Herbivores
… insects, western tent caterpillars (<em>Malacosoma californicum</em>) and fall webworms (<em>Hyphantria cunea</em>) on their shared host plant, chokecherries (<em>Prunus virginiana)</em>. Within species, I found that time-lagged intraspecific competition reduced larval fitness, that …
-
Interactions of insect herbivory and multiple abiotic stress agents on two wetland tree species in southeast Louisiana swamps
… Kruse) and the forest tent caterpillar, FTC, (Malacosoma disstria Hubner) defoliate up to 120,000ha of baldcypress-tupelo swamps. Restoration plans call for reintroducing Mississippi River water (diversions) to increase sediment elevation, promote natural regeneration, and enhance primary and …
-
Social life-styles in caterpillars: Behavioral mechanisms and ecological consequences
… congener E. catax and the confamilial species Malacosoma neustria. In addition to these tent building, central-place foraging species a fourth, non-tent building nomadic butterfly species, Araschnia levana (Nymphalidae) was also studied. Caterpillars of E. lanestris are behavioral …
-
Local impacts of White-nose Syndrome on the foraging ecology of insectivorous bats
… in energetic value among species, specimens of Malacosoma americanum, Halysidota tessellaris, and Iridopsis sp. moths were also combusted. Larvae of M. americanum were field–collected in April 2012 and reared in the laboratory. Adult H. tessellaris and Iridopsis sp. moths were wild-caught using …