The geography of spruce budworm in Eastern North America

Geography Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 564-580

  Rauchfuss, Julia ^a   Ziegler, Susy Svatek ^b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DEFOLIATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HEXAPODA; PICEA;

EID: 79960962843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2011.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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