The role of silvicultural thinning in eastern forests threatened by hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae)

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 733, 2008, Pages 247-256

  Fajvan, Mary Ann ^a  

^a NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Foliar nutrients; Hemlock woolly adelgid; Silvicultural thinning; Stocking

Indexed keywords

INSECT; NUTRIENT; SILVICULTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE; STOCKING DENSITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; THINNING;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; CONIUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 40949157561     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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