Populus tremuloides mortality near the southwestern edge of its range

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 196-207

  Zegler, Thomas J ^a   Moore, Margaret M ^a   Fairweather, Mary L ^b   Ireland, Kathryn B ^a   Fulé, Peter Z ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canker disease; Conifer encroachment; Decline; Quaking aspen; Ungulate herbivore; Wood boring insect

Indexed keywords

CANKER DISEASE; CONIFER ENCROACHMENT; DECLINE; QUAKING ASPEN; UNGULATE HERBIVORE; WOOD-BORING INSECT;

BORING;

REFORESTATION;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIEBACK; EDGE EFFECT; HERBIVORE; INSECT; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERSTORY; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SAPLING; UNGULATE;

ARIZONA; KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES; WILLIAMS;

ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; HEXAPODA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; UNGULATA;

EID: 84864398730     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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