White spruce and the spruce budworm: Defining the phenological window of susceptibility

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 291-318

  Lawrence, Robert K ^a,b   Mattson, William J ^a   Haack, Robert A ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; TORTRICIDAE; PINACEAE;

HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; PHENOLOGY; SPRUCE BUDWORM; WHITE SPRUCE;

EID: 0030613929     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent129291-2     Document Type: Article

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