Condition of green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) overstory and regeneration at three stages of the emerald ash borer invasion wave

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 768-776

  Burr, Stephen J ^a   McCullough, Deborah G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrilus planipennis; Ash mortality; Forest species composition; Fraxinus pennsylvanica; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; RESEARCH;

AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS; DOMINANT SPECIES; EMERALD ASH BORER; FOREST SPECIES; FRAXINUS; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

REFORESTATION;

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECIDUOUS TREE; GERMINATION; MORTALITY; OVERSTORY; PEST SPECIES; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGENERATION;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903278903     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0415     Document Type: Article

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