Spread of beech bark disease in the eastern United States and its relationship to regional forest composition

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 726-736

  Morin, Randall S ^a   Liebhold, Andrew M ^b   Tobin, Patrick C ^b   Gottschalk, Kurt W ^b   Luzader, Eugene ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FUNGI;

BEECH BARK DISEASE (BBD); SCALE COLONIZATION; SCALE INSECTS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGAL DISEASE; INSECT; MAP; MORTALITY;

DISEASES; FAGUS; FUNGI; INSECTS;

CANADA; HALIFAX; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

CRYPTOCOCCUS FAGISUGA; FAGUS; FUNGI; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; NEONECTRIA COCCINEA;

EID: 34547903624     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-281     Document Type: Article

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