Tree-ring response of jack pine and scots pine to budworm defoliation in central Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 347, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-95

  Robson, J R M ^a   Conciatori, F ^a   Tardif, J C ^a   Knowles, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dendrochronology; Exotic tree species; Insect outbreak; Pine sawfly; Plantation forestry

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; DYNAMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVEYS;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EXOTIC TREE SPECIES; INSECT OUTBREAKS; PINE SAWFLIES; PLANTATION FORESTRY;

FORESTRY;

BUD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PEST OUTBREAK; PHENOLOGY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SHOOT GROWTH; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CLIMATES; FORESTRY; PINUS; PLANTATIONS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

CANADA;

CHORISTONEURA PINUS; HEXAPODA; PICEA; PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84925651603     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.03.018     Document Type: Article

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