The interaction between competition in interior Douglas-fir plantations and disease caused by Armillaria ostoyae in British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 443-452

  Cruickshank, M G ^a   Morrison, D J ^a   Lalumiere A ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Conifer; Disease impacts and control; Disease incidence; Root disease; Spatial epidemiology; Stand density

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FORESTRY; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; THEOREM PROVING;

COMPENSATORY GROWTH; CONIFER; DISEASE IMPACTS AND CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ROOT DISEASE; SPATIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; STAND DENSITY;

DISEASE CONTROL;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANTATION; ROOT COLONIZATION; ROOT SYSTEM;

COMPETITION; DENSITY; DISEASES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; PLANTATIONS; PROBABILITY; SOIL; TREES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ARMILLARIA OSTOYAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 56649088151     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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