Secondary insects and diseases contribute to sudden aspen decline in southwestern Colorado, USA

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2315-2325

  Marchetti, Suzanne Bethers ^a   Worrall, James J ^a   Eager, Thomas ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTACK TREE; BARK BEETLE; COLORADO , USA; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DENSITY-DEPENDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

BRONZE;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; BIOTIC FACTOR; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DIEBACK; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGAL DISEASE; INVASIVENESS; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION OUTBREAK;

BRONZE; DISEASES; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; INSECTS;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CYTOSPORA; HEXAPODA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SCOLYTINAE; TRYPOPHLOEUS POPULI;

EID: 81755166983     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X11-106     Document Type: Article

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