Fraxinus nigra (black ash) dieback in Minnesota: Regional variation and potential contributing factors

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 128-135

  Palik, Brian J ^a   Ostry, Michael E ^a   Venette, Robert C ^a   Abdela, Ebrahim ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black ash; Brown ash; Crown dieback; Forest health; Fraxinus nigra; Lowland hardwood

Indexed keywords

BLACK ASH; BROWN ASH; CROWN DIEBACK; FOREST HEALTH; FRAXINUS NIGRA; LOWLAND HARDWOOD;

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; SOIL MOISTURE; WETLANDS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

BEETLE; DICOTYLEDON; DIEBACK; DROUGHT; FOREST HEALTH; PARASITE INFESTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SENESCENCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STAND DYNAMICS; SWAMP FOREST;

FORESTS; FRAXINUS NIGRA; HARDWOODS; HEALTH; MOISTURE; USA; WETLANDS;

CANADA; INDIANA; MANITOBA; MINNESOTA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS NIGRA;

EID: 78149466990     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.041     Document Type: Article

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