Tree-ring evidence extends the historic northern range limit of severe defoliation by insects in the aspen stands of western Quebec, Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2535-2544

  Huang, Jian Guo ^a   Tardif, Jacques ^b   Denneler, Bernhard ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a   Berninger, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT OUTBREAKS; QUEBEC , CANADA; TREMBLING ASPEN;

FORESTRY;

CATERPILLAR; DATABASE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; INSECT; LATITUDE; PEST OUTBREAK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONY; TREE RING;

DISEASES; FORESTRY; INSECTS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

HEXAPODA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 51649092183     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-080     Document Type: Article

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