Forest insect defoliation and carbon dynamics: simulating multiple defoliator outbreaks in mixed deciduous landscapes with LANDIS-II

Jane Foster; Robert Scheller; Brian Sturtevant; Phillip Townsend; David Mladenoff

U.S. Forest Service

Publication Details

Forest insect defoliation and carbon dynamics: simulating multiple defoliator outbreaks in mixed deciduous landscapes with LANDIS-II

Publication Toolbox

Download PDF (197269)
This publication is available only online.

Foster, Jane; Scheller, Robert; Sturtevant, Brian; Townsend, Phillip; Mladenoff, David

Year Published

2010

Publication

In: US-IALE 25th annual landscape ecology symposium. Is what humans do natural; 2010 April 5-9; Athens, GA.: 70. Abstract.

Abstract

Defoliation outbreaks are dynamic forest disturbances with unique spatial and temporal characteristics that produce distinct changes in forest composition and carbon (C) balance.

Citation

Foster, Jane; Scheller, Robert; Sturtevant, Brian; Townsend, Phillip; Mladenoff, David. 2010. Forest insect defoliation and carbon dynamics: simulating multiple defoliator outbreaks in mixed deciduous landscapes with LANDIS-II. In: US-IALE 25th annual landscape ecology symposium. Is what humans do natural; 2010 April 5-9; Athens, GA.: 70. Abstract.

Last updated on: September 27, 2010