Trembling aspen responses to drought and defoliation by forest tent caterpillar and reconstruction of recent outbreaks in Ontario

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1586-1598

  Cooke, Barry J ^a   Roland, Jens ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS;

CLIMATE MOISTURE INDEX (CML); DENDROECOLOGICAL APPROACH;

FORESTRY;

CATERPILLAR; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; DENDROECOLOGY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; HERBIVORY; PEST OUTBREAK;

DEFOLIATION; DROUGHT; ONTARIO; POPULUS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA;

EID: 36549087169     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-015     Document Type: Article

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