Conservation status of a threatened tree species: Establishing a baseline for restoration of Juglans Cinerea L. in the Southern Appalachian mountains, USA

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-426

  Parks, Amanda M ^a   Jenkins, Michael A ^a   Woeste, Keith E ^a   Ostry, Michael E ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

butternut; cohort structure; disturbance regime; forest disease; fungal pathogen; hybridization; mortality; recruitment history

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT; HYBRIDIZATION; NATIONAL PARK; NATIVE SPECIES; ORDINATION; PATHOGEN; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP; TREE;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 84887248206     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/043.033.0404     Document Type: Article

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