Modelling the incidence of Heterobasidion annosum butt rots and related economic losses in alpine mixed naturally regenerated forests of northern Italy

Forest Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-68

  Gonthier, P ^a   Brun, F ^a   Lione, G ^a   Nicolotti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FUNGAL DISEASE; INOCULATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MIXED FOREST; REGENERATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TIMBER; YIELD RESPONSE;

ALPS; ITALY; VALLE D'AOSTA; WESTERN ALPS;

ABIES; FUNGI; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM; LARIX; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84856250680     PISSN: 14374781     EISSN: 14390329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2011.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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