The effects of logging and disease on American chestnut

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1027-1033

  Burke, Katie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian forests; Castanea dentata; Chestnut blight; Cryphonectria parasitica; Disturbance ecology; Land use history; Long term forest change

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIAN FORESTS; CASTANEA DENTATA; CHESTNUT BLIGHT; CRYPHONECTRIA; DISTURBANCE ECOLOGY; LAND-USE HISTORY; LONG-TERM FOREST CHANGE;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

FRUITS;

ACIDIFICATION; CANOPY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISTURBANCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; PH; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CASTANEA; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FRUITS; LAND USE;

UNITED STATES;

CASTANEA DENTATA; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA;

EID: 79551565899     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.12.023     Document Type: Article

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