Tree-ring widths and isotopes of artificially defoliated balsam firs: A simulation of spruce budworm outbreaks in Eastern Canada

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 44-54

  Simard, Sonia ^a   Morin, Hubert ^a   Krause, Cornelia ^a   Buhay, William M ^b   Treydte, Kerstin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artificial defoliation; Carbon isotopes; Choristoneura (Archips) fumiferana; Gas exchange; Oxygen isotopes; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CELLULOSE; DEFOLIATION; DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST DYNAMICS; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH; INSECT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PEST OUTBREAK; PHYSIOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING;

CANADA;

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

EID: 84860354351     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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