Optimized harvest planning under alternative foliage-protection scenarios to reduce volume losses to spruce budworm

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1755-1769

  Hennigar, Chris R ^a   MacLean, David A ^a   Porter, Kevin B ^b   Quiring, Dan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEGETATION;

HARVEST PLANNING; INSECTICIDE EFFICACY; PERIODIC OUTBREAKS;

HARVESTING;

FOLIAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; INSECT; OPTIMIZATION; PEST DAMAGE; PEST OUTBREAK; PLANNING METHOD; PROTECTED AREA; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CANADA BALSAM; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BLACK BROOK; CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HEXAPODA; PICEA;

EID: 36549019946     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-001     Document Type: Article

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