Estimating cumulative defoliation of balsam fir from hemlock looper and balsam fir sawfly using aerial defoliation survey in western Newfoundland, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 591-597

  Iqbal, Javed ^a   MacLean, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial defoliation survey; Balsam fir sawfly; Cumulative defoliation; Decision Support System; Hemlock looper

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA; BALSAM FIR; BALSAM FIR SAWFLY; CUMULATIVE DEFOLIATION; FOLIAGE MASS; NEWFOUNDLAND , CANADA; NEWFOUNDLANDS; SURVEY DATA; TREE GROWTH;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FORESTRY;

SURVEYS;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEFOLIATION; FLY; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY; MOTH; PEST OUTBREAK;

ABIES AMABILIS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DEFOLIATION; FORESTRY; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CONIUM; HEXAPODA; LAMBDINA FISCELLARIA; LAMBDINA FISCELLARIA FISCELLARIA; NEODIPRION ABIETIS;

EID: 72649106778     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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