Destructive tree diseases associated with ambrosia and bark beetles: Black swan events in tree pathology?

Plant Disease

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 856-872

  Ploetz, Randy C ^a   Hulcr, Jiri ^b   Wingfield, Michael J ^c   Wilhelm de Beer, Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBROSIA; COLEOPTERA; CYGNUS ATRATUS; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84878992719     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-01-13-0056-FE     Document Type: Article

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