A multi-scale analysis of western spruce budworm outbreak dynamics

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 501-514

  Senf, Cornelius ^a   Campbell, Elizabeth M ^b   Pflugmacher, Dirk ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^b   Hostert, Patrick ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Budworm (Choristoneura ssp.); Defoliation; Disturbance; Landsat; Western spruce budworm (Choristoneura freemani Razowski = Choristoneura occidentalis Freeman)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; LANDSAT; PARASITE INFESTATION; PEST OUTBREAK;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CHORISTONEURA; CHORISTONEURA OCCIDENTALIS; HEXAPODA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84994452793     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-016-0460-0     Document Type: Article

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