The American forest pathogen Heterobasidion irregulare colonizes unexpected habitats after its introduction in Italy

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2135-2143

  Gonthier, Paolo ^a   Lione, Guglielmo ^a   Giordano, Luana ^a   Garbelotto, Matteo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Circeo national park; Exotic pathogen; GIS; Habitat association; Heterobasidion irregulare; Italy; Novel pathosystems; Oaks; Pines; Root rot fungi

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGAL DISEASE; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; SPORE; SYMPATRY; VEGETATION TYPE; WOODLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT ROOT;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ITALY; PINUS; PLANT ROOTS; QUERCUS;

CIRCEO NATIONAL PARK; ITALY; LATINA; LAZIO; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; HETEROBASIDION; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM; QUERCUS;

EID: 84871227206     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0420.1     Document Type: Article

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