The dynamics of forest tent caterpillar outbreaks in Québec, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 110-121

  Cooke, Barry J ^a   Lorenzetti, François ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Insect outbreaks; Natural disturbance forecasting; Population cycles; Spatiotemporal dynamics; Stationarity; Synchronization; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDES; OSCILLATIONS; PEST CONTROL; SYNCHRONIZATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INSECT OUTBREAKS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE FORECASTING; POPULATION CYCLES; SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS; STATIONARITY; TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

CATERPILLAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEFOLIATION; FOREST INVENTORY; POPULATION CYCLE;

FORESTRY; INSECTICIDES; PEST CONTROL; SYNCHRONISM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ACER; INSECTA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA;

EID: 33645879213     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.01.034     Document Type: Article

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