Spatial habitat modeling of American chestnut at Mammoth Cave National Park

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 252, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 201-207

  Fei, Songlin ^a   Schibig, Joe ^b   Vance, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Volunteer State Community College   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American chestnut; Chestnut blight; Ecological niche factor analysis (ENFA); GIS

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

CHESTNUT BLIGHT; ECOLOGICAL NICHE FACTOR ANALYSIS (ENFA); MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK (MCNP);

PARKS;

DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; MODELING; PLANT BREEDING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

BREEDING; CASTANEA; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

KENTUCKY; MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CASTANEA DENTATA; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA;

EID: 35448933684     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.036     Document Type: Article

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