Forecasting the response of spruce budworm defoliation to climate change in Ontario

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1948-1960

  Candau, Jean Noël ^a   Fleming, Richard A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA; BALSAM FIR; BIOCLIMATIC VARIABLES; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS; INSECT POPULATION; MEAN FREQUENCY; ONTARIO; PEST PROTECTION; PICEA GLAUCA; POTENTIAL CHANGE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPRUCE BUDWORM; STUDY AREAS; WHITE SPRUCE; WOOD SUPPLY;

CLIMATE MODELS; FORESTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFOLIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INSECT; PREDICTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOOD;

ABIES AMABILIS; DEFOLIATION; FORECASTS; INSECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONTARIO; PICEA GLAUCA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

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

EID: 80055048502     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-134     Document Type: Article

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