Two-dimensional wavelet analysis of spruce budworm host basal area in the Border Lakes landscape

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2197-2209

  James, Patrick M A ^a,d   Sturtevant, Brian R ^b   Townsend, Phil ^c   Wolter, Pete ^c   Fortin, Marie Josée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Northern Research Station   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choristoneura fumiferana; Forest management; Forest structure and composition; Landscape scale patterns; Logging patterns; MODWT; Multi temporal LANDSAT; Remote sensing; Spatial legacies; Spatial null models; Wavelet variance

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LANDSAT; MOTH; PEST DAMAGE; PEST OUTBREAK; REMOTE SENSING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VULNERABILITY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINNESOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; ONTARIO; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA; CANADA; MINNESOTA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUETICO PROVINCIAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

ABIES BALSAMEA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA;

EID: 80051998708     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1876.1     Document Type: Article

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