Impact of old foliage removal, simulating defoliation by the balsam fir sawfly, on balsam fir tree growth and photosynthesis of current-year shoots

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 261-269

  Little, C H A ^a   Lavigne, M B ^a   Ostaff, D P ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Foliar nutrients; Gas exchange; Neodiprion abietis; Shoot growth; Spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DEFOLIATION; FERTILIZATION;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; CUTTING; DEFOLIATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; PEST DAMAGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; DIPRIONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEODIPRION; NEODIPRION ABIETIS; PICEA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0344496970     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00279-2     Document Type: Article

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