Baldcypress and water tupelo responses to insect defoliation and nutrient augmentation in Maurepas Swamp, Louisiana, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 236, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 295-304

  Effler, Rebecca S ^a   Goyer, Richard A ^a   Lenhard, Gerald J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Archips goyerana; Diversions; Lepidoptera; Litterfall; Malacosoma disstria; Nitrogen; Nyssa aquatica; Taxodium distichum

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS;

LEPIDOPTERA; LITTERFALL; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; NYSSA AQUATICA;

WETLANDS;

BUTTERFLY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; DIEBACK; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EUTROPHICATION; LITTERFALL; NITROGEN; PEST DAMAGE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SWAMP; WETLAND;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; RIVERS; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM; WETLANDS;

LOUISIANA; MAUREPAS SWAMP; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARCHIPS GOYERANA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; NYSSA AQUATICA; NYSSACEAE; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 33751337749     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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