Predicting Stand Losses from the Gypsy Moth: An Application of Automatic Interaction Detection
Authors: Herrick, Owen W.; Gansner, David A.; DeBald, Paul S.
Source: Journal of Forestry, Volume 77, Number 2, 1 February 1979 , pp. 91-94(4)
Publisher: Society of American Foresters
Abstract:
Among 59 forest stand characteristics examined, the foremost discriminators of tree mortality hazard from defoliation by the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, were crown condition, elevation, tree-size distribution, species, and position on slope.Document Type: Journal article
Affiliations: 1: Research Forester, Economics of Timber Growing Research, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Delaware, Ohio
Publication date: 1979-02-01
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