Landscape patterns of hemlock decline in New England due to the introduced hemlock woolly adelgid

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 29, Issue 10-11, 2002, Pages 1475-1487

  Orwig, David A ^a   Foster, David R ^a   Mausel, David L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Connecticut; Hemlock mortality; Hemlock woolly adelgid; Infestation dynamics; Landscape patterns; Logging; Mantel test; Tree vigour

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST HEALTH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LOGGING (TIMBER); MORTALITY; PEST DAMAGE;

UNITED STATES;

ADELGES; ADELGIDAE; APHIDIDAE; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0036816020     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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