Direct and indirect impacts of climate change on forests: Three case studies from British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 108-116

  Daniels, Lori D ^a   Maertens, Thomas B ^a   Stan, Amanda B ^a   McCloskey, Shane P J ^a   Cochrane, Jed D ^a,c   Gray, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RW Gray Consulting   (Canada)

^c PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate variation; coastal forests; disturbance regimes; fire regimes; forest decline; mortality rates; mountain forests; mountain pine beetle; old forests; tree deaths; yellow cedar

Indexed keywords

CALLITROPSIS NOOTKATENSIS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 79954548299     PISSN: 07060661     EISSN: 17152992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2011.563906     Document Type: Article

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