Invasive pathogens at alpine treeline: Consequences for treeline dynamics

Physical Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 397-418

  Tomback, Diana F ^a   Resler, Lynn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine treeline; White pine blister rust; Whitebark pine

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATHOGEN; TREELINE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CANADA; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; PINUS ALBICAULIS;

EID: 42149116215     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.28.5.397     Document Type: Article

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