Does overshoot in leaf development of ponderosa pine in wet years leads to bark beetle outbreaks on fine-textured soils in drier years?
Background Frequent outbreaks of insects and diseases have been recorded in the native forests of western North America during the last few decades, but the distribution of these outbreaks has been far from uniform. In some cases, recent climatic variations may explain some of this spatial variatio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Forest Ecosystems |
| Online Access: | http://www.forestecosyst.com/content/1/1/24 |