Increased unpredictability in spruce budworm outbreaks following habitat loss and landscape fragmentation

Pierce McNie, Daniel Kneeshaw and Élise Filotas

Ecological Modelling, 2024, vol. 491, issue C

Abstract: The spruce budworm (SBW) is the insect defoliator responsible for the greatest tree mortality in North America. Fragmentation and loss of habitat are expected to affect the movement of SBW through forested landscapes during periods of dispersal thereby modifying outbreak severity and frequency.

Keywords: Spruce budworm; Fragmentation; Habitat loss; Insect outbreak (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110675

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