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Effects of Insect Defoliation on Regional Carbon Dynamics of Forests

Townsend, Philip (Phil): University of Wisconsin (Project Lead)
Serbin, Shawn: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Participant)

Project Funding: 2006 - 2009

Funded by NASA

Publications:

Foster, J. R., Townsend, P. A., Mladenoff, D. J. 2013. Mapping asynchrony between gypsy moth egg-hatch and forest leaf-out: Putting the phenological window hypothesis in a spatial context. Forest Ecology and Management. 287, 67-76. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.09.006

Foster, J. R., Townsend, P. A., Mladenoff, D. J. 2013. Spatial dynamics of a gypsy moth defoliation outbreak and dependence on habitat characteristics. Landscape Ecology. 28(7), 1307-1320. DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9879-8

Townsend, P. A., Singh, A., Foster, J. R., Rehberg, N. J., Kingdon, C. C., Eshleman, K. N., Seagle, S. W. 2012. A general Landsat model to predict canopy defoliation in broadleaf deciduous forests. Remote Sensing of Environment. 119, 255-265. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.12.023


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