Multicentury history of western spruce budworm outbreaks in interior Douglas-fir forests near Kamloops, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1758-1769

  Campbell, Rochelle ^a   Smith, Dan J ^b   Arsenault, André ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DOUGLAS-FIR; RADIAL-GROWTH RESPONSE; WESTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM;

FORESTRY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; MOTH; PEST OUTBREAK; SOFTWARE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STAND DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMS; DEFOLIATION; FORESTRY; PICEA; PINUS; PINUS PONDEROSA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; KAMLOOPS; NORTH AMERICA;

CHORISTONEURA OCCIDENTALIS; PICEA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33748886674     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-069     Document Type: Article

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