Tree mortality caused by Gremmeniella abietina in a subalpine afforestation in the central Alps and its relationship with duration of snow cover

European Journal of Forest Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-74

  Senn, J ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; FOREST; PATHOGENESIS; PINUS CEMBRA; PLANT PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

FUNGAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; TREE;

EUROPE;

GREMMENIELLA ABIETINA; LARIX DECIDUA; PHACIDIUM CEMBRA; PHACIDIUM INFESTANS; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 0032982198     PISSN: 03001237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0329.1999.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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