Forest health and climate change: A British Columbia perspective

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 412-422

  Woods, Alex J ^a   Heppner, Don ^b   Kope, Harry H ^a   Burleigh, Jennifer ^a   Maclauchlan, Lorraine ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Climate change; Forest health; Forest insects; Forest management; Forest Pathogens

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORESTRY; HEALTH;

BEST ESTIMATES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST INSECTS; FOREST PATHOGENS; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGAL DISEASE; PATHOGEN; PEST OUTBREAK;

FORESTRY; HEALTH; INSECTS; PATHOGENS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 77955608240     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc86412-4     Document Type: Article

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