Spruce budworm-caused mortality to balsam fir and black spruce in pure and mixed conifer stands

Forest Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-33

  Pothier, David ^a   Elie, Jean Gabriel ^a   Auger, Isabelle ^b   Mailly, Daniel ^b   Gaudreault, Mélanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Choristoneura fumiferana; Insect defoliation; Picea mariana; Zero inflated models

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA; ALLOWABLE ANNUAL CUTS; BALSAM FIR; BLACK SPRUCE; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; FOREST INDUSTRY; GROWTH REDUCTION; HISTORICAL RECORDS; INSECT DEFOLIATION; MIXED CONIFER; PERMANENT SAMPLE PLOTS; PICEA MARIANA; PREDICTION MODEL; QUEBEC , CANADA; SPRUCE BUDWORM; SPRUCE-FIR;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FORESTRY;

ABIES BALSAMEA; DEFOLIATION; FORESTRY; INSECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84862690762     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.10-110     Document Type: Article

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