A millennial-scale reconstruction of spruce budworm abundance in Saguenay, Québec, Canada

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Simard, Isabelle ^a,b   Morin, Hubert ^a   Lavoie, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Holocene; Insect faeces; Lepidoptera head capsule; Macrofossil analysis; Mire; Outbreak; Qu bec; Spruce budworm

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; INSECT; MIRE; PALEOECOLOGY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAGUENAY;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PICEA;

EID: 33144468143     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl904rp     Document Type: Article

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