Effects of an introduced pathogen and fire exclusion on the demography of sugar pine

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1590-1602

  Van Mantgem, Phillip J ^a   Stephenson, Nathan L ^a   Keifer, MaryBeth ^b   Keeley, Jon ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cronartium ribicola; Demography; Fire exclusion; Matrix model; Pinus lambertiana; Population decline; Prescribed fire; Sugar pine; Tree mortality; White pine blister rust

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FUNGAL DISEASE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MORTALITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CRONARTIUM FLACCIDUM; CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; FUNGI; PINUS LAMBERTIANA;

EID: 6344243439     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5109     Document Type: Article

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