A framework for the use of economic thresholds in forest pest management

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-339

  Fox, Glenn ^a   Beke, John ^a   Hopkin, Tony ^b   McKenney, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic thresholds; Forest pest management; Rotation models

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THRESHOLD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL;

FUNGI; INSECTA;

EID: 0030745666     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc73331-3     Document Type: Article

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