Factors affecting trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) health in the boreal forest of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-300

  Brandt, J P ^a   Cerezke, H F ^a   Mallett, K I ^a   Volney, W J A ^a   Weber, J D ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drought; Forest health; Pests; Populus tremuloides

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; MOISTURE;

BIOTIC AGENTS;

ECOLOGY;

BIOTIC FACTOR; BOREAL FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST HEALTH; PEST OUTBREAK;

ALBERTA; CANADA; MANITOBA; SASKATCHEWAN;

ARMILLARIA; CHORISTONEURA; CHORISTONEURA CONFLICTANA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; PENIOPHORA; PENIOPHORA POLYGONIA; POLYGONIA; POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0038345959     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00479-6     Document Type: Article

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