Claim · #6494750
Operophtera brumata · herbivory · Quercus spp.
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“k values plotted against generation for the winter moth (Operophtera brumata)”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Operophtera brumata is a well-documented spring defoliator of Quercus spp. in the UK; Varley & Gradwell's classic key-factor analysis identifies 'winter disappearance' as the key mortality factor, consistent with the extracted claim.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Operophtera brumata larvae are well-documented spring defoliators of Quercus in the UK; Varley & Gradwell's classic key-factor analysis identifies 'winter disappearance' (k1) as the key factor.”
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