Interactive effects of acidic deposition, drought, and insect attack on oak populations in the midwestern United States

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1184-1197

  LeBlanc, David C ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FOREST; PEST RESISTANCE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS PRINUS; QUERCUS STELLATA; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 0032410231     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-098     Document Type: Article

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