Logs as refuges from fungal pathogens for seeds of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 284-289

  O'Hanlon Manners, D L ^a   Kotanen, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eastern hemlock; Forests; Fungal pathogens; Nurse logs; Seed mortality; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; REFUGE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; FUNGI; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 1342332761     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-3030     Document Type: Article

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