Forest Insect Defoliation and Carbon Dynamics: Simulating Multiple Defoliator Species in Shared Landscapes With Landis-II

J. Foster, University of Wisconsin Colleges
R. M. Scheller, Conservation Biology Institute
D. J. Mladenoff, University of Wis

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Forest Ecosystem Dynamics in a Non-Linear World

Sybille Haeussler, University of Northern British Columbia

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Scale Specific Management Legacies in Patterns of Spruce Budworm Host Species in the Border Lakes Region

P. James, University of Toronto
B. R. Sturtevant, Forest Service, NRS
P. A. Townsend, University of Wisconsin
M-J. Fortin, University of Toronto

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Effects of Forest Management Legacies on Spruce Budworm Outbreaks

L-E. Robert, University of Quebec
D. Kneeshaw, University of Quebec
B. R. Sturtevant, Forest Service NCRS

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Simulated Effects of Wind and Harvesting on Detritus, Soil Organic Carbon, and Species Composition in Northern Wisconsin

R. Scheller, Conservation Biology Institute
D. Hua, University of Minnesota
P. V. Bolstad, University of Minnesota
R. A. Birdsey, Forest Service
D. J. Mladenoff, University of Wisconsin

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Can Landscape-Scale Management Influence Insect Outbreak Dynamics? A Natural Experiment For Eastern Spruce Budworm

B. Sturtevant, Forest Service NRS
V. Quinn, Purdue North Central
L-E. Robert, University of Quebec
D. Kneeshaw, University of Quebec
P. James, University of Toronto
M-J. Fortin, University of Toronto
P. Wolter, University of Wisconsin
P. Townsend, University of Wisconsin
B. Cooke, Canadian Forest Service

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Legacy of Insect Defoliators: Increased Wind-Related Mortality Two Decades After a Spruce Budworm Outbreak

S. L. Taylor, Keele University UK
D. A. MacLean, University of New Brunswick

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