The consequence of tree pests and diseases for ecosystem services

Science

Volumn 342, Issue 6160, 2013, Pages

  Boyd, I L ^a   Freer Smith, P H ^b   Gilligan, C A ^c   Godfray, H C J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBALIZATION; PEST SPECIES; SANITATION; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURE; APPLIED RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CHESTNUT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL VALUE; DEFOLIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DUTCH ELM DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUCALYPTUS; FOREST; FOREST STRUCTURE; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HERBIVORY; HOST RANGE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LANDSCAPE; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; ORCHARD; PATHOGENICITY; PEST CONTROL; PEST INSECT; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI; PINE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; PLANT PEST; PLANT PEST INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH PRIORITY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREE; ANIMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT DISEASES; TREES;

EID: 84887687333     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1235773     Document Type: Review

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