Influence of pre-commercial thinning of balsam fir on defoliation by the balsam fir sawfly

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 223, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 342-348

  Ostaff, Don P ^a,b   Piene, Harald ^a,b   Quiring, Dan T ^b   Moreau, Gaétan ^c   Farrell, James C G ^a   Scarr, Taylor ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Defoliation; Foliage weight; Neodiprion abietis; Pre commercial thinning; Vigor

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS;

FOLIAGE WEIGHT; PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING; VIGOR;

FORESTRY;

DEFOLIATION; GROWTH RATE; PEST CONTROL; THINNING;

ABIES BALSAMEA; DEFOLIATION; FORESTS; GROWTH; SILVICULTURE; SURVEYS; TREES;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; INSECTA; NEODIPRION ABIETIS;

EID: 32344434101     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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