Insect Defoliators as Periodic Disturbances in Northern Forest Ecosystems

Plant Disturbance Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 487-525

  Cooke, Barry J ^a   Nealis, Vincent G ^b   Régnière, Jacques ^b  

^a NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088778-1/50017-0     Document Type: Chapter

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