Essays about: "geometrids"

Found 1 essay containing the word geometrids.

  1. 1. Mapping moth induced birch forest damage in northern Sweden, with MODIS satellite data

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Kristian Morin; [2013]
    Keywords : physical geography; topography; TIMESAT; Epirrita autumnata; geometrids; time series; MODIS; remote sensing; geography; birch forest; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Large synchronous outbreaks of herbivory geometrids is regularly occurring at 9-10 years intervals when they reach peak densities in the Fennoscandian birch forest, in the northern part of Scandinavia (Tenow 1972, Bylund 1995). Climate change is likely to increase the frequency, intensity and extent of the outbreak due to increasing temperatures in the area (Callaghan 2010, Heliasz et al. READ MORE