Relationship of spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) emergence and balsam fir (Abies balsamea) bud flush to climate indices

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 625-630

  Thomson, Alan J ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balsam fir; Phenology; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BALSAM FIR; BALSAM FIR (ABIES BALSAMEA); CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PHENOLOGY; RESPONSE SURFACE ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTIONS;

FORESTRY;

BUDBURST; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; EMERGENCE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTH; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PHENOLOGY; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHER;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA;

EID: 69949100826     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc85625-4     Document Type: Article

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