Long-distance dispersal of eastern spruce budworm in Minnesota (USA) via the atmospheric pathway

Brian R. R. Sturtevant; Gary Achtemeier; Dean Anderson; Jay J. Charney; Barry Cooke

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Long-distance dispersal of eastern spruce budworm in Minnesota (USA) via the atmospheric pathway

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Brian R. R. Sturtevant, Gary Achtemeier, Dean Anderson, Jay J. Charney, Barry Cooke

Year:

2011

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: 26th annual landscape ecology symposium. Sustainability in dynamic landscapes; 2011 April 3-7; Portland, Oregon. U.S. International Association for Landscape Ecology: 112-113. Abstract.

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Abstract

Long-distance dispersal is thought to play an important role in synchronizing disparate populations of forest insect defoliators, but its importance relative to other factors remains unclear due to the difficulty of quantifying dispersal.

Citation

Sturtevant, Brian; Achtemeier, Gary; Anderson, Dean; Charney, Joseph; Cooke, Barry. 2011. Long-distance dispersal of eastern spruce budworm in Minnesota (USA) via the atmospheric pathway. In: 26th annual landscape ecology symposium. Sustainability in dynamic landscapes; 2011 April 3-7; Portland, Oregon. U.S. International Association for Landscape Ecology: 112-113. Abstract.