Spatial dynamics of a gypsy moth defoliation outbreak and dependence on habitat characteristics

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1307-1320

  Foster, Jane R ^a,b   Townsend, Philip A ^a   Mladenoff, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Dispersal; Forest disturbance; Geostatistics; Landsat; Lymantria dispar L.; Phenology; Semivariograms; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSAT; MOTH; PEST OUTBREAK; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PHENOLOGY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

APPALACHIANS; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

EID: 84880724848     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9879-8     Document Type: Article

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