Rejuvenation of a mountain birch forest by an Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) outbreak

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 43-52

  Tenow, O ^a   Bylund, H ^a   Karlsson, P S ^b,c   Hoogesteger, J ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Apical dominance; Caterpillar numbers; Polycormic birch; Radial stem growth; Shoot mortality; Sprout production; Stem competition; Top dieback

Indexed keywords

APICAL DOMINANCE; DEFOLIATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RESPROUTING;

ABISKO VALLEY; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; EPIRRITA; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 1542289717     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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