Tree-life history prior to death: Two fungal root pathogens affect tree-ring growth differently

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 839-850

  Cherubini, Paolo ^a   Fontana, Giovanni ^b   Rigling, Daniel ^a   Dobbertin, Matthias ^a   Brang, Peter ^a   Innes, John L ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Discontinuous rings; Missing rings; Mortality; Tree death

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DENDROECOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; TREE RING;

ARMILLARIA; FUNGI; HETEROBASIDION; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM; PINUS MUGO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0036792918     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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