Interacting disturbances: Wildfire severity affected by stage of forest disease invasion

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 313-320

  Metz, Margaret R ^a   Frangioso, Kerri M ^a   Meentemeyer, Ross K ^b   Rizzo, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Sur; Coast live oak; Emerging infectious disease; Generalist forest pathogen; Phytophthora ramorum; Tanoak

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; PLANT DISEASE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; PLANT DISEASES; TREES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

LITHOCARPUS; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA;

EID: 79955526147     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0419.1     Document Type: Article

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