Dendroecological analysis of defoliator outbreaks on Nothofagus pumilio and their relation to climate variability in the Patagonian Andes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 239-253

  Paritsis, Juan ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Defoliation; Dendroecology; ENSO; Insect outbreaks; Nothofagus pumilio; Ormiscodes amphimone; Patagonia; Southern Annular Mode

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; DENDROECOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; PEST OUTBREAK;

ANDES; PATAGONIA;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 77955931773     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02255.x     Document Type: Article

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