Spruce budworm defoliation and growth loss in young balsam fir: Spacing effects on needlefall in protected trees

Forest Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 282-289

  Piene, Harald ^a   Fleming, Richard A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

foliar biomass; Life table; mortality schedules; Weibull

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029833428     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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