Balancing risks of disturbance from mountain pine beetle and western spruce budworm

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 839-848

  Nealis, V G ^a   Noseworthy, M K ^a   Turnquist, R ^a   Waring, V R ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; DOUGLAS FIRS; FEEDING PERIODS; FIELD PLOTS; FOREST MANAGEMENTS; FOREST PEST MANAGEMENTS; LODGEPOLE PINES; MITIGATION STRATEGIES; MIXED CONIFERS; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLES; NATURAL ENEMIES; PINUS CONTORTA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SELECTIVE HARVESTING; SPRUCE BUDWORMS; TIMBER SUPPLIES;

FEEDING; LANDFORMS;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; MOTH; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST CONTROL; PEST DAMAGE; PEST OUTBREAK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIMBER HARVESTING;

DISEASES; FEEDING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; INSECTS; PINUS CONTORTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; SPRUCE BUDWORM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CHORISTONEURA OCCIDENTALIS; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PICEA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 65349178951     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-014     Document Type: Article

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