Analysis of historic western spruce budworm defoliation in south central British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 351-356

  Maclauchlan, Lorraine E ^a   Brooks, Julie E ^b   Hodge, Janice C ^c  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b Forest Health Management   (Canada)

^c JCH Forest Pest Management   (Canada)

Author keywords

Defoliation; GIS analysis; Outbreak history; Western spruce budworm

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; LUMBER;

DEFOLIATION; GIS ANALYSIS; OUTBREAK HISTORY; WESTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATIC REGION; DEFOLIATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; GIS; GROWTH RATE; INSECT; LARVA; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LUMBER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; KAMLOOPS; NORTH AMERICA;

CHORISTONEURA OCCIDENTALIS; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; LEPIDOPTERA; PICEA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 33645856764     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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