The Interaction Between Insect Outbreaks and Debris Slides in a Glacial Valley of the Eastern Canadian Shield

Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1281-1289

  Simard, Martin ^a   Lajeunesse, Patrick ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

boreal forest; disturbance interactions; forest ecology; insect outbreaks; landslides; linked disturbances; spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana)

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL SURVEY; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST COVER; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PEST SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION OUTBREAK; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL EROSION; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL WATER; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSPIRATION;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; QUEBEC [CANADA];

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84944356382     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9897-2     Document Type: Article

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