Forest stand dynamics and sudden oak death: Mortality in mixed-evergreen forests dominated by coast live oak

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1271-1280

  Brown, L B ^a   Allen Diaz, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest disease; Forest response; Invasive; Oak mortality; Phytophthora ramorum; Quercus agrifolia; Stand reconstruction

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; REPAIR; RESTORATION;

FOREST DISEASE; FOREST RESPONSE; INVASIVE; OAK MORTALITY; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA; STAND RECONSTRUCTION;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; COASTAL ZONE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; INVASIVE SPECIES; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE;

DEBONDING; DISEASES; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MORTALITY; PATHOGENS; QUERCUS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION;

LAURUS NOBILIS; LITHOCARPUS; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA; UMBELLULARIA; UMBELLULARIA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 58949095739     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.11.030     Document Type: Article

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