Effects of surrounding forest and site conditions on growth reduction of balsam fir and spruce caused by spruce budworm defoliation

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2351-2362

  MacKinnon, Wayne E ^a   MacLean, David A ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWOODS;

FOREST TYPE; GROWTH LOSS; GROWTH REDUCTION; SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEFOLIATION; GROWTH RATE; PEST DAMAGE; SILVICULTURE; SITE EFFECT;

ABIES AMABILIS; DEFOLIATION; GROWTH; NUTRIENTS; PICEA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWOODS; VARIANCE;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 14844309433     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-115     Document Type: Article

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