Variation in Thaumetopoea pityocampa infestation rate of Aleppo pine: Effect on dendrometric parameters in the Djelfa region forests (Saharan Atlas, Algeria)

• Published in: Comptes rendus. Biologies Vol. 341; no. 7-8; pp. 380 - 386
• Main Authors: Mecheri, Hadjer, Kouidri, Mohamed, Boukheroufa-Sakraoui, Feriel, Adamou, Ala-Eddine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: France 01.09.2018
• Subjects: Africa, Northern; Algeria; Animals; Droughts; Forests; Moths - metabolism; Pinus; Trees; Aleppo pine; Atlas saharien; Paramètres dendrométriques; Conditions climatiques; Climatic conditions; Saharan Atlas; Pin d’Alep; Chenille processionnaire; Dendrometric parameters; Pine processionary moth

The forests of the Saharan Atlas represent the southern edge of the natural range of the Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.). These are exposed to climatic stress in relation to drought and attacks of the pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa Schiff., denoted by CP in the French text). T...