Spruce budworm defoliation and growth loss in young balsam fir: Relationships between volume growth and foliage weight in spaced and unspaced, defoliated and protected stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 37-53

  Piene, Harald ^a   MacLean, David A ^b   Landry, Mike ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Choristoneura fumiferana; Defoliation; Foliage weight; Volume

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; INSECTICIDES; VEGETATION;

FOLIAGE WEIGHT (FW);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0038722646     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00484-X     Document Type: Article

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