Differential persistence of blue ash and white ash following emerald ash borer invasion

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1542-1550

  Tanis, Sara R ^a   McCullough, Deborah G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEAD TREES; EMERALD ASH BORER; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICAN; PLYMOUTH; TREE DIAMETER; TREE RESISTANCE; WOODLOTS;

ECOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COEVOLUTION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIAMETER; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; PEST RESISTANCE; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY; WOODLAND;

ECOLOGY; FRAXINUS; FUNGI; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; SAPLINGS;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; FRAXINUS QUADRANGULATA;

EID: 84864585427     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-103     Document Type: Article

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