The effects of sudden oak death on foliar moisture content and crown fire potential in tanoak

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2103-2110

  Kuljian, Howard ^a   Varner, J Morgan ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy fuel; Crown fire; Lithocarpus densiflorus; Non native pathogens; Phytophthora ramorum

Indexed keywords

CROWN FIRES; DENSIFLORUS; NON-NATIVE; NON-NATIVE PATHOGENS; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

PATHOGENS;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; EUKARYOTE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; MOISTURE CONTENT; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; FUELS; MOISTURE; PATHOGENS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; LITHOCARPUS; LITHOCARPUS DENSIFLORUS; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM;

EID: 77950047645     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.02.022     Document Type: Article

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