Anatomy of white rings in trembling aspen and reconstruction of forest tent caterpillar outbreaks in the Duck Mountain region, Manitoba
Insect outbreaks in forest ecosystems are an important natural disturbance, and the source of much timber loss. The forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria Hubner) is a major defoliator throughout the distribution of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.), its preferred host. Forest tent...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/7912 |