A critique of silvicultural approaches to managing defoliating insects in North America

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-105

  Muzika, R M ^a,b   Liebhold, A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choristoneura fumiferana; Choristoneura occidentalis; Gypsy moth; Lymantria dispar; Silviculture; Spruce budworm; Susceptibility; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242478647     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.2000.00063.x     Document Type: Review

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