Impacts of the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) induced ash (Fraxinus spp.) mortality on forest carbon cycling and successional dynamics in the eastern United States

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 931-944

  Flower, Charles E ^a   Knight, Kathleen S ^b   Gonzalez Meler, Miquel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Emerald ash borer; Forest; Fraxinus; Net primary production; Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMETRY; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PEST SPECIES; PHLOEM; SUCCESSION;

UNITED STATES;

ACER; AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS; COLEOPTERA; FRAXINUS; ULMUS;

EID: 84874945943     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0341-7     Document Type: Article

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