Patterns and general characteristics of severe forest dieback from 1950 to 1995 in the northeastern United States

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1342-1355

  Auclair, Allan N D ^a  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS;

ETIOLOGY; FOREST DIEBACK; GENERIC PATTERNS; VOLUMNOUS FIELD DATA;

FORESTRY;

DIEBACK; DISEASE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST HEALTH; INSECT;

DATA BASES; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA; FRAXINUS; INSECTA; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 26944456988     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-066     Document Type: Article

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