Armillaria species distribution on symptomatic hosts in northern hardwood and mixed oak forests in western Massachusetts

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1605-1612

  Brazee, Nicholas J ^a   Wick, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Armillaria; Butt rot; Massachusetts; Mixed oak; Northern hardwoods

Indexed keywords

ARMILLARIA; BUTT ROT; MASSACHUSETTS; MIXED OAK; NORTHERN HARDWOODS;

HARDWOODS;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MUSHROOM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMPTOM; VIRULENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND; QUERCUS;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ARMILLARIA; ARMILLARIA CALVESCENS; ARMILLARIA GALLICA; ARMILLARIA GEMINA; ARMILLARIA OSTOYAE; ARMILLARIA SINAPINA; PICEA;

EID: 68949100450     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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