Accurate dating of spruce budworm infestation using tree growth anomalies

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 204-216

  Simard, Martin ^a   Payette, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce (Picea mariana); Bryoria; Epiphytic lichens; Insect outbreaks; Lichen woodland; Plant architecture; Spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana); Tree rings

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; DENDROECOLOGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; POPULATION OUTBREAK; TREE RING;

CANADA; PARC DES GRANDS-JARDINS; QUEBEC;

BRYORIA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0041621485     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682768     Document Type: Article

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