Changes in transpiration and foliage growth in lodgepole pine trees following mountain pine beetle attack and mechanical girdling

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 289, Issue , 2013, Pages 312-317

  Hubbard, Robert M ^a   Rhoades, Charles C ^a   Elder, Kelly ^a   Negron, Jose ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue stain fungi; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Phloem; Pinus contorta; Sap flow

Indexed keywords

BLUE STAIN; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PHLOEM; PINUS CONTORTA; SAP FLOW;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FUNGI; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOLIAGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEST OUTBREAK; PHLOEM; POPULATION DECLINE; SAP FLOW; TRANSPIRATION; VASCULAR PLANT; WATER UPTAKE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; FUNGI; GIRDLING; INSECTS; PINUS CONTORTA; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84870213019     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.09.028     Document Type: Article

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