Predicting the impact of hemlock woolly adelgid on carbon dynamics of eastern United States forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-133

  Albani, Marco ^a   Moorcroft, Paul R ^a   Ellison, Aaron M ^b   Orwig, David A ^b   Foster, David R ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADELGES TSUGAE; CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBON FLUXES; GREAT LAKES; HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID; INSECT PEST; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; REGIONAL PATTERN; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TREE SPECIES; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

APHID; CARBON FLUX; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PEST OUTBREAK; PHYTOMASS; STAND DYNAMICS; STOCHASTICITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; CONIUM; HEXAPODA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 75649102805     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-167     Document Type: Article

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