The relationship between fire history and an exotic fungal disease in a deciduous forest

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 347-356

  Holzmueller, Eric J ^a,b   Jose, Shibu ^a   Jenkins, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Great Smoky Mountains National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornus florida; Discula destructiva; Disturbance regimes; Forest health; Stand dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST HEALTH; FUNGAL DISEASE; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DECLINE; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CORNUS; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; OAK; PECAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; TSUGA; UNITED STATES;

ASCOMYCOTA; CARYA; CORNUS; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; NORTH CAROLINA; PLANT DISEASES; QUERCUS; TENNESSEE; TSUGA;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; CORNUS; CORNUS FLORIDA; DISCULA DESTRUCTIVA; QUERCUS;

EID: 39249085577     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0908-7     Document Type: Article

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