Incidence and distribution of Heterobasidion and Armillaria and their influence on canopy gap formation in unmanaged mountain pine forests in the Swiss Alps

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-93

  Bendel, M ^a,b   Kienast, F ^a   Bugmann, H ^b   Rigling, D ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Armillaria ostoyae; Canopy gaps; Forest dynamics; Pinus mugo; Root rot

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS; MONTANE FOREST; MORTALITY RISK; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAUBUNDEN; SWISS NATIONAL PARK; SWITZERLAND;

ARMILLARIA; ARMILLARIA BOREALIS; ARMILLARIA CEPISTIPES; ARMILLARIA OSTOYAE; FUNGI; HETEROBASIDION; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 33748650097     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-006-9028-1     Document Type: Article

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