Effects of clear-cutting and single-tree selection harvests on herbivorous insect larvae feeding on bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) in uneven-aged boreal Picea abies forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 87, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 139-148

  Atlegrim, Ola ^a   Sjöberg, Kjell ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clear cutting; Herbivore consumption; Herbivore damage; Insect larval herbivores; Selection system; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

PICEA ABIES; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; ABIES; AVES; ERICACEAE; GEOMETRIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYRTILLUS; PINACEAE;

BILBERRY; CATERPILLAR; CLEARCUT; HERBIVORY; SELECTIVE FELLING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030608249     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03830-3     Document Type: Article

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