Impact of defoliation by the pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) on radial, height and volume growth of calabrian pine (Pinus brutia) trees in Turkey

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 459-469

  Carus, Serdar ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Calabrian pine; Dendrochronology; Growth loss; Thaumetopoea pityocampa Schiff; Tree ring analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PINUS BRUTIA; PINUS NIGRA; THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA; THAUMETOPOEIDAE;

EID: 11144338259     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02980440     Document Type: Article

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