Growth and mortality of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) inresponse to artificial defoliation

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-112

  Moulinier, Julien ^a   Lorenzetti, François ^b   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial defoliation; Forest tent caterpillar; Growth; Mortality; Spatial pattern; Trembling aspen

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PEST OUTBREAK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84892639156     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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