Drought-triggered western spruce budworm outbreaks in the interior Pacific Northwest: A multi-century dendrochronological record

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 324, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-27

  Flower, A ^a   Gavin, D G ^a   Heyerdahl, E K ^b   Parsons, R A ^b   Cohn, G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Defoliators; Dendrochronology; Drought; Insect outbreaks; Pacific Northwest; Western spruce budworm

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; DYNAMICS; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DEFOLIATORS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; INSECT OUTBREAKS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SPRUCE BUDWORM;

FORESTRY;

DEFOLIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH RATE; INSECT; LEAF AREA; PEST OUTBREAK;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PICEA; PLANTS;

MONTANA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898834692     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.03.042     Document Type: Article

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