No. Basis of rank
1 Campbell and Sloan 1977 Composite defoliation ratio between each tree
(Table 6, page 17) species and white oak
1 defoliation ratio > 0.5
2 0.1 < defoliation ratio < 0.5
3 defoliation ratio < 0.1
2 Gansner and Herrick Average defoliation by species:
1985 (Figure 2, page 2) 1 defoliation > 30%
2 10% < defoliation < 30%
3 defoliation < 10%
3 Lechowicz and Jobin Composite Electivity Index (E) based on larval
1983 abundance:
(Table 2, page 178) 1 E* > 0
2 -0.62 < E* < 0
3 E* < -0.62
4 Mauffette et al. 1983 Composite Electivity Index (E) based on larval
(Table 3, page 58) abundance:
1 E* > 0.1
2 -0.3 < E* < 0.1
3 E* < -0.3
5 Miller and Hanson 1989a Larval survival:
(Appendix I, pages 1 Larval survival from 1st instar, 100% pupation
30-48) 2 Larvae did not survive at all instars, less than
100% pupation
3 Larvae did not molt, no pupation
6 Miller and Hanson 1989a Pupal weight:
(Appendix I, pages 1 pupa > 1000 mg
30-48) 2 700 mg < pupa < 1000 mg
3 pupa < 700 mg
7 Miller and Hanson 1989b Larval survival:
(Table 1, pages 1 survival from 1st instar, 100% pupation
427-428) 2 survival from 1st instar, less than 100% pupation
3 survival from later than 1st instar, less than
100% pupation
8 Miller and Hanson 1989b Pupal weight:
(Table I, pages 1 pupa >1000 mg
427-428) 2 700 mg < pupa < 1000 mg
3 pupa < 700 mg
9 Montgomery 1994 Average weights of 1st instars after 10 days
feeding:
1 larva > 8 mg
2 2.5 mg < larva < 8 mg
3 larva < 2.5 mg
10 Nielsen 1992 Larval growth and survival:
1 High growth and survival of new larvae
2 Growth rate is less than group 1, but considered
good hosts
3 Supported growth to about the same extent as red
maple
4 Larvae did not survive
11 Mosher 1915 (plant Larval foliage preferences:
classification tables, 1 Favored food
pages 33-34) 2 Favored after the earlier larval stages
3 Not particularly favored
4 Unfavored
12 Mosher 1915 Larval foliage preferences:
(reinterpretation of 1 susceptible
narratives) 2 resistant
3 immune
13 Edwards et al. 1981 Tests of foliage preferences by larvae:
(Appendix 5, pages + accepted flora
35-37) - non or poorly accepted flora
14 Forbush and Fernald Tests of foliage preferences by larvae:
1896 (plant lists, + accepted flora
pages 318-323) - accepted only when forced by starvation
15 Montgomery 1991 (From Ratio of the pupal weight on the host to the pupal
Table 2, page 5) weight on white oak within the same study:
1 ratio > 0.9
2 0.5 < ratio < 0.9
3 ratio < 0.5