Biotic disturbances in Northern Hemisphere forests – a synthesis of recent data, uncertainties and implications for forest monitoring and modelling

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 533-552

  Kautz, Markus ^a   Meddens, Arjan J H ^b   Hall, Ronald J ^c   Arneth, Almut ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; defoliator; DGVM; disease; forest carbon cycle; insect outbreak; pathogen; pest monitoring; tree mortality

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CARBON CYCLE; DEFOLIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MODELING; MORTALITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PATHOGEN;

HEXAPODA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 85007072406     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12558     Document Type: Review

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