Demographic projection of high-elevation white pines infected with white pine blister rust: A nonlinear disease model

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 166-183

  Field, S G ^a   Schoettle, A W ^b   Klutsch, J G ^a   Tavener, S J ^a   Antolin, M F ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cronartium ribicola; Disease prevalence; Elasticity; Five needle pine; Nonlinear disease model; Pinus albicaulis; Pinus flexilis; Sensitivity; Stage structured model

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ELASTICITY; ELEVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; NONLINEARITY; PROBABILITY; RUST DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; STAND STRUCTURE; SURVIVORSHIP;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALTITUDE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PINUS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; PINUS ALBICAULIS; PINUS FLEXILIS;

EID: 84858658607     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0470.1     Document Type: Article

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