Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, susceptibility and response to goldspotted oak borer, Agrilus auroguttatus, injury in southern California

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1852-1865

  Coleman, Tom W ^a   Grulke, Nancy E ^a,b   Daly, Miles ^c   Godinez, Cesar ^b   Schilling, Susan L ^b   Riggan, Philip J ^b   Seybold, Steven J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Buprestidae; Invasive species; Phloem wood borer; Tree drought stress; Tree health rating; Tree physiology; Water use efficiency; Xylem water potential

Indexed keywords

BUPRESTIDAE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHLOEM/WOOD BORER; TREE DROUGHT STRESS; TREE HEALTH RATING; TREE PHYSIOLOGY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; XYLEM WATER POTENTIAL;

DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIEBACK; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWING SEASON; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THINNING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; XYLEM;

ANATOMY; CALIFORNIA; CROWNS; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; FORESTS; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUERCUS; THINNING; WATER SUPPLY; XYLEM;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AGRILUS; BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA;

EID: 79955021075     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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