Validation of spruce budworm outbreak history developed from aerial sketch mapping of defoliation in New Brunswick

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 139-145

  Taylor, Sarah L ^a   MacLean, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerial sketch mapping; Balsam fir; Defoliation; Growth reduction; Permanent sample plots; Tree ring analysis

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MAPPING; SURVEYS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BALSAM FIR; DEFOLIATION; GROWTH REDUCTION; PERMANENT SAMPLE PLOTS; TREE-RING ANALYSIS;

ANTENNAS;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA;

EID: 51649092504     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/25.3.139     Document Type: Article

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