Defoliation by processionary moth significantly reduces tree growth: A quantitative review

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 857-866

  Jacquet, Jean Sébastien ^a   Orazio, Christophe ^a   Jactel, Hervé ^b  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b EFI Atlantic   (France)

Author keywords

Cedrus; Defoliation; Growth; Meta analysis; Pinus; Thaumetopea

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; META-ANALYSIS; MOTH; PEST OUTBREAK; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CEDRUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; THAUMETOPOEINAE;

EID: 84870911969     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-012-0209-0     Document Type: Article

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