Simulating impact of larch caterpillar (Dendrolimus superans) on fire regime and forest landscape in da Hinggan Mountains, Northeast China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 575-586

  Chen, Hongwei ^a   Hu, Yuanman ^a   Chang, Yu ^a   Bu, Rencang ^a   Li, Yuehui ^a   Liu, Miao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fire; Forest landscape; LANDIS model; Larch caterpillar

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; MODELING; SEED DISPERSAL;

CHINA; DA HINGGAN MOUNTAINS;

BETULA PENDULA; DENDROLIMUS SUPERANS; HEXAPODA; LARIX;

EID: 84863635520     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-011-0494-9     Document Type: Article

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