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The Effect of Sticky Bands on Cankerworm Abundance and Defoliation in Urban Trees

Chanthammavong Noukoun, Gregory Bryant and Steven D. Frank
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) May 2014, 40 (3) 135-142; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2014.015
Chanthammavong Noukoun
Chanthammavong Noukoun, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7613, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, U.S.
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Gregory Bryant
Gregory Bryant, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7613, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, U.S.
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Steven D. Frank (corresponding author), North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7613, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, U.S.,
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