Phytophthora ramorum in England and Wales: Which environmental variables predict county disease incidence?

Forest Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-159

  Chadfield, V ^a,d   Pautasso, M ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CULTIVATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISPERSAL; EPIDEMIC; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LATITUDE; NURSERY GROUND; PATHOGENICITY; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WILD POPULATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

CAMELLIA; LARIX; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; PSEUDOLARIX KAEMPFERI; RHODODENDRON; VIBURNUM;

EID: 84859109915     PISSN: 14374781     EISSN: 14390329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2011.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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