Repeated insect outbreaks promote multi-cohort aspen mixedwood forests in northern Minnesota, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 266, Issue , 2012, Pages 148-159

  Reinikainen, Michael ^a   D'Amato, Anthony W ^a   Fraver, Shawn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen mixedwoods; Dendroecology; Forest disturbance; Forest stand dynamics; Forest tent caterpillar; Populus tremuloides

Indexed keywords

ASPEN MIXEDWOODS; DENDROECOLOGY; FOREST DISTURBANCES; FOREST STAND; FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; LAND USE;

FORESTRY;

CATERPILLAR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFOLIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; INSECT; LAND USE CHANGE; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SECONDARY FOREST;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84255177475     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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