Oak decline and red oak borer outbreak: Impact in upland oak-hickory forests of Arkansas, USA

Forestry

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-351

  Haavik, Laurel J ^a,c   Jones, Joshua S ^a   Galligan, Larry D ^a   Guldin, James M ^b   Stephen, Fred M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST INVENTORY; ICE STORM; MORTALITY; PEST OUTBREAK; POPULATION DECLINE; SIZE; STEM; UPLAND REGION;

ARKANSAS; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ENAPHALODES RUFULUS; ERYTHROBALANUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 84862224802     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cps032     Document Type: Article

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