Stand and individual tree characteristics associated with Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) infestations within the Ozark and Ouachita National Forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1938-1945

  Haavik, L J ^a   Stephen, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification tree; Cohort senescence; Oak decline; Physiological age; Wood borer

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CLASSIFICATION TREES; COHORT SENESCENCE; COLEOPTERA; ENAPHALODES RUFULUS; GROWTH RELEASE; INDIVIDUAL-TREE CHARACTERISTICS; LARVAL DENSITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MISSOURIS; NATIONAL FORESTS; OAK DECLINE; OAK MORTALITY; OKLAHOMA; POPULATION LEVELS; QUERCUS RUBRA; RED OAK; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STAND LEVELS; TREE CHARACTERISTICS;

COMPETITION;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; BASAL AREA; BEETLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PARASITE INFESTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SENESCENCE; SURVIVORSHIP;

CLASSIFICATION; COMPETITION; FORESTRY; QUERCUS; TREES; WOOD;

ARKANSAS; MISSOURI; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST; OZARK NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ENAPHALODES RUFULUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 77950049003     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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