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Outbreaks of the Forest Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hbn., and Their Effects on Stands of Trembling Aspen in Manitoba and Saskatchewan1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

V. Hildahl  and
W. A. Reeks
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Stands of trembling aspen in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are frequently attacked by the forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hbn. The recent history of attack is reviewed in this paper to determine if there is evidence of a consistent pattern of outbreaks and if the latest of these had any appreciable effect on aspen stands in the two provinces.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 92 , Issue 3 , March 1960 , pp. 199 - 209
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1960

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