Multicentury reconstruction of western spruce budworm outbreaks in central British Columbia, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 335, Issue , 2015, Pages 235-248

  Axelson, J N ^a   Smith, D J ^b   Daniels, L D ^c   Alfaro, R I ^d  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cariboo Forest Region; Dendroecology; Douglas fir; Outbreaks; Species range; Western spruce budworm

Indexed keywords

DENDROECOLOGY; DOUGLAS FIR; FOREST REGIONS; OUTBREAKS; SPECIES RANGES; SPRUCE BUDWORM;

BIOCHRONOLOGY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; INSECT; PEST SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RECONSTRUCTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CARIBOO MOUNTAINS; COLUMBIA MOUNTAINS;

CHORISTONEURA OCCIDENTALIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84908583964     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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