Influence of environmental factors and spatio-temporal covariates during the initial development of a spruce budworm outbreak

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-126

  Bouchard, Mathieu ^a   Auger, Isabelle ^a  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Defoliation surveys; Insect dispersal; Insect outbreaks; Landscape level disturbance model; Spatially explicit models; Spruce budworm

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; DEFOLIATION; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOST PLANT; INSECT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PEST OUTBREAK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CHORISTONEURA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84895067405     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9966-x     Document Type: Article

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