A review of the interaction between forest birds and eastern spruce budworm

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 191-207

  Venier, L A ^a   Holmes, S B ^a  

^a GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Budworm population regulation; Choristoneura fumiferana clem.; Forest birds; Functional response; Numerical response; Spruce budworm

Indexed keywords

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; FOREST BIRDS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION REGULATION; SPRUCE BUDWORM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY;

BIRDS;

BIRDS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PICEA;

ABIES; AVES; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HEXAPODA; PICEA; VERMIVORA PEREGRINA;

EID: 79960014176     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/A10-009     Document Type: Review

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