Carbon and oxygen stable isotopes from tree-rings to identify spruce budworm outbreaks in the boreal forest of Québec

Chemical Geology

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 80-87

  Simard, Sonia ^a   Elhani, Sliman ^a   Morin, Hubert ^a   Krause, Cornelia ^a   Cherubini, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Defoliation; Spruce budworm outbreaks; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON ISOTOPE; CELLULOSE; DEFOLIATION; HOST PLANT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PEST OUTBREAK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TREE RING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HEXAPODA; NEODIPRION ABIETIS; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 44749086370     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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