Regional outbreak dynamics of Dothistroma needle blight linked to weather patterns in British Columbia,Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 212-219

  Welsh, Cedar ^a   Lewis, Kathy J ^a   Woods, Alex J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b British Columbia Ministry of Natural Resource Operations   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Climate Change; Dendrochronology; Disease emergence; Dothistroma needle blight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894038885     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0387     Document Type: Article

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