Demography of American chestnut populations: Effects of a pathogen and a hyperparasite

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 675-685

  Davelos, Anita L ^a,b   Jarosz, Andrew M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Castanea dentata; Cryphonectria parasitica; Double stranded RNA; Host pathogen interaction; Hypovirus; Matrix projection model; Pathogen virulence; Population size structure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE CONTROL; FUNGAL DISEASE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; POPULATION GROWTH; TREE;

CASTANEA; CASTANEA DENTATA; CRYPHONECTRIA; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; HYPOVIRUS; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 3943073169     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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