Effects of climate on emerald ash borer mortality and the potential for ash survival in North America

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 178-179, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-128

  DeSantis, Ryan D ^a   Moser, W Keith ^a   Gormanson, Dale D ^a   Bartlett, Marshall G ^b   Vermunt, Bradley ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b HOLLINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c not available   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrilus planipennis; Climate; Forest Inventory and Analysis; Fraxinus; North America; Temperature modeling

Indexed keywords

BARK; BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST INVENTORY; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; PARASITE INFESTATION; PEST DAMAGE; PEST OUTBREAK; PEST RESISTANCE; POPULATION GROWTH; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WEATHER STATION;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880383781     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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