Temporal and ecological patterns of flowering dogwood mortality in the mixed mesophytic forest of eastern Kentucky

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 221-229

  McEwan, R W ^a   Muller, R N ^a   Arthur, M A ^a   Housman, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornus florida L; Cumberland Plateau; Discula destructiva Redlin; Dogwood anthracnose; Long term mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACNOSE; FUNGAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SHRUB;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

CORNUS FLORIDA; DISCULA DESTRUCTIVA;

EID: 0034234041     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088759     Document Type: Article

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