Pine growth response to processionary moth defoliation across a 40-year chronosequence

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 293, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-38

  Jacquet, Jean Sébastien ^a,b   Bosc, Alexandre ^c   O'Grady, Anthony P ^d   Jactel, Hervé ^a  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Carbon; Forest productivity; Herbivory; Nitrogen; Nutrient

Indexed keywords

AGE; CARBON RESOURCES; CHRONOSEQUENCES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; NITROGEN CONTENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PINE GROWTH; PINE PROCESSIONARY MOTH; PINE TREES; PINUS PINASTER; RADIAL GROWTH; STEM GROWTH; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; MOTH; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PEST OUTBREAK; PEST SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY;

FRANCE;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PINUS PINASTER; THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA;

EID: 84873036568     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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