Whitebark pine and white pine blister rust in the Rocky Mountains of Canada and northern Montana

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 982-995

  Smith, Cyndi M ^a   Wilson, Brendan ^b,d   Rasheed, Salman ^a   Walker, Robert C ^a   Carolin, Tara ^c   Shepherd, Brenda ^a  

^a PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Selkirk College Canada   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d Gulf Islands National Park Reserve   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION INHIBITORS; GROWTH KINETICS;

INFECTION LEVELS; REGENERATION POTENTIAL;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; INJURY; MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; REGENERATION; RUST DISEASE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

CRONARTIUM; MORTALITY; PINUS ALBICAULIS; TREES;

ALBERTA; BANFF NATIONAL PARK; CANADA; JASPER NATIONAL PARK; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK;

CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; PINUS ALBICAULIS;

EID: 42149184302     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-182     Document Type: Article

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