Understanding and defining mortality in western conifer forests

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-115

  Filip, Gregory M ^a   Schmitt, Craig L ^b   Scott, Donald W ^b   Fitzgerald, Stephen A ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Pacific Northwest Research Station   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Cambial death; Delayed mortality; Mortality models; Root disease; Tree death; Tree physiology; Wildfire damage

Indexed keywords

FIRE HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATHOGENS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWOODS;

CAMBIAL DEATH; DELAYED MORTALITY; WILDFIRE DAMAGE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST FIRES; FOREST PATHOLOGY; FORESTRY; INSECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORTALITY; PATHOGENS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWOODS;

COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; HEXAPODA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 34247530341     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/22.2.105     Document Type: Article

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