Effects of forest management legacies on spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) outbreaks

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 463-475

  Robert, Louis Etienne ^a   Kneeshaw, Daniel ^a   Sturtevant, Brian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ACTIVITY OVERLAPPING; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; COARSE-GRAINED; CUT SIZE; ECOREGIONS; FOREST CONDITIONS; FOREST PATTERNS; HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION; LANDSCAPE SCALE; LOCAL SCALE; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; MANAGEMENT ZONES; MINNESOTA; ONTARIO; SPRUCE BUDWORM; TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES;

DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ECOREGION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSECT; PEST OUTBREAK; SILVICULTURE; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CONSERVATION; DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY;

CANADA; MINNESOTA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA;

EID: 84857551241     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-005     Document Type: Article

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