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Articles by René I. Alfaro
Category : Research article
article id 382,
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Research article
(2005).
Survival-time analysis of white spruce during spruce budworm defoliation.
Silva Fennica
vol.
39
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2
article id 382.
https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.382
Keywords:
mortality;
hazard rates;
defoliation stress index;
Cox proportional hazard regression;
Choristoneura fumiferana
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Mortality and defoliation (DF%) in 987 white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) trees were followed from 1992 to 2003 during an outbreak of the spruce budworm Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.) in 15 white-spruce-dominated uneven-aged stands in the Fort Nelson Forest District near Prince George, British Columbia. Four stands were aerially sprayed with Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). Defoliation and mortality levels were elevated in non-sprayed stands. The relationship between defoliation and survival-times was captured in a Cox proportional hazard model with a defoliation stress index (DSI), diameter (DBH), crown class (CCL), a random stand effect, Bt-treatment, and number of years of exposure to stand-level defoliation (DYEAR) as predictors. The DSI, optimized for discrimination between survivors and non-survivors, is the discounted sum of five lagged DF% values. Survival probabilities were predicted with a maximum error of 0.02. Hazard rates increased by 0.06 for every one point increase in DSI. CCL and random stand effects were highly significant. Bt-treatment effects were fully captured by DSI, CCL, and DYEAR.
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Magnussen,
Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, BC, Canada. V8Z 1M5
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smagnussen@pfc.forestry.ca
- Alfaro, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, BC, Canada. V8Z 1M5 E-mail: ria@nn.ca
- Boudewyn, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, BC, Canada. V8Z 1M5 E-mail: pb@nn.ca
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