Spatiotemporal variability in tree and stand mortality caused by spruce budworm outbreaks in eastern Quebec

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-94

  Bouchard, Mathieu ^a,b   Pothier, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; BALSAM FIR; BOREAL FORESTS; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; EVEN-AGED STANDS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL TRENDS; MATURE TREES; NATURAL VARIABILITY; RANDOM FACTORS; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPRUCE BUDWORM; STAND DYNAMICS; STUDY AREAS; TREE AGE; TREE GROWTH; VEGETATION PLOTS; WORM OUTBREAK;

CLIMATOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BOREAL FOREST; DEFOLIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MOTH; PEST OUTBREAK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAND DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PICEA; TREES; WORMS;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA;

EID: 75649090438     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-178     Document Type: Article

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