The influence of white pine blister rust on seed dispersal in whitebark pine

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1044-1057

  McKinney, Shawn T ^a,b   Tomback, Diana F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FORESTRY; TOPOGRAPHY;

RUST-RESISTANT TREES; SEED CONE DENSITY; SEED DISPERSAL; VERTEBRATE SEED PREDATOR;

SEED;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PEST DAMAGE; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

CRONARTIUM; FORESTRY; PINUS ALBICAULIS; SEEDS; TOPOGRAPHY;

BITTERROOT RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; NUCIFRAGA COLUMBIANA; PINUS ALBICAULIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34948854200     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-305     Document Type: Article

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