Density-dependent tree mortality in pinyon-juniper woodlands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2129-2137

  Greenwood, David L ^a   Weisberg, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Density dependence; Dwarf mistletoe; Forest health; Forest structure; Great Basin; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST STRUCTURE;

PATHOGENS;

BEETLE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS TREE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST HEALTH; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

ECOSYSTEMS; INSECTS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS HANDLING; MISTLETOE; PATHOGENS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM; COLEOPTERA; IPS; IPS CONFUSUS; JUNIPERUS; PINUS EDULIS; PINUS MONOPHYLLA; SCOLYTINAE; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 41949084666     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.048     Document Type: Article

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