The ecological interaction of the mountain pine beetle and jack pine budworm in the boreal forest

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 766-774

  Colgan, Lindsay J ^a   Erbilgin, Nadir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choristoneura pinus pinus; Climate change in the boreal forest; Conifer mediated interactions; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Invasion biology; Jack pine; Range expansion; Tree induced defences; Tripartite interactions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

BOREAL FORESTS; CHORISTONEURA PINUS PINUS; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; JACK PINE; MEDIATED INTERACTION; RANGE EXPANSION; TREE INDUCED DEFENCES;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; HYBRID; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOTH; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RANGE EXPANSION; SURVIVAL;

ECOLOGY; EXPANSION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; INSECTS; LAND; PINUS; PINUS BANKSIANA; SOFTWOODS;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

CHORISTONEURA PINUS; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; HEXAPODA; PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 78650210587     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc86766-6     Document Type: Article

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