A mechanistic perspective of possible influences of climate change on defoliating insects in North America's boreal forests

Silva Fennica

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 281-294

  Fleming, R A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Choristoneura fumiferana; Extreme weather; Historical factors; Natural selection; Phenological relationships; Plant quality; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATIC CHANGE; FOREST DEFOLIATION; SPRUCE BUDWORM;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0030423547     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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