Numerical response of birds to an irruption of elm spanworm (Ennomos subsignatius [Hbn.]; Geometridae: Lepidoptera) in old-growth forest of the Appalachian Plateau, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 203-217

  Haney, J Christopher ^a  

^a Wilderness Society Washington DC   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern old growth; Elm spanworm; Ennomus subsignarius; Forest birds; Geometrid outbreak

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; EPIDEMIC; PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION DENSITY;

UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; ENNOMOS SUBSIGNATIUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 0033549605     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00545-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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