Climatic effects on caterpillar fluctuations in northern hardwood forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 481-491

  Reynolds, Lindsay V ^a,c   Ayres, Matthew P ^a   Siccama, Thomas G ^b   Holmes, Richard T ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CATERPILLAR ABUNDANCE; CATERPILLAR FLUCTUATIONS; DOMINANT TREE SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CATERPILLAR; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVERGREEN TREE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; FORESTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; AVES; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 34547442585     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-211     Document Type: Article

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