Forest fragmentation and duration of forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria Hübner) outbreaks in northern hardwood forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1193-1197

  Wood, Dustin M ^a   Parry, Dylan ^a   Yanai, Ruth D ^a   Pitel, Nicholas E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Aerial survey; Defoliation; GIS; Insect pest; Spatial scale; Sugar maple; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ACER SACCHARUM; AERIAL SURVEYS; DEFOLIATION; GIS; INSECT PEST; SPATIAL SCALE; SUGAR MAPLE; SUSCEPTIBILITY;

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

SURVEYS;

AERIAL SURVEY; CATERPILLAR; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; DOMINANCE; FOREST COVER; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST OUTBREAK; PEST SPECIES;

ACER SACCHARINUM; ACER SACCHARUM; DEFOLIANTS; GIS; HARDWOODS; INSECTS; PESTS; SUGAR;

UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; HEXAPODA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; POPULUS;

EID: 77955773990     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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