Native forest pathogens facilitate persistence of douglas-fir in old-growth forests of Northwestern California

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1256-1266

  Hawkins, Ashley E ^a,b   Henkel, Terry W ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARK BEETLE; CALIFORNIA; CANOPY GAPS; CANOPY TREES; DOUGLAS FIR; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FOREST PATHOGENS; GAP FORMATION; NATIVE FORESTS; OLD-GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SHADE TOLERANCE; SIZE CLASS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; TREE COMMUNITY; TREE MORTALITY; WHITE FIRS;

PLANT EXTRACTS; REFORESTATION; VALUE ENGINEERING;

PATHOGENS;

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEETLE; CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EVERGREEN TREE; FACILITATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; HETEROGENEITY; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OVERSTORY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAPLING; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SIZE STRUCTURE; STAND STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII VAR. MENZIESII; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 79958287602     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-053     Document Type: Article

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