Pine caterpillar occurrence modeling using satellite spring phenology and meteorological variables
Outbreaks of leaf-feeding Lepidopteran insects substantially weaken the quality of forest trees and strongly affect the ecosystem functions of plant photosynthesis and carbon uptake. The narrow phenological time window of leaf out about ten days, during which Lepidopteran larvae feed on high nutrien...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2022-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac9636 |