Role of an opportunistic pathogen in the decline of stressed oak trees

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1214-1223

  Marcais B ^a   Breda N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Armillaria gallica; Carbohydrate reserves; Community interactions; Defoliation; Forest decline; Opportunistic pathogens; Quercus robur; Starch; Time lag effect

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; FOREST HEALTH; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; TREE;

ARMILLARIA; ARMILLARIA GALLICA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 33749434795     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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