A general ecophysiological framework for modelling the impact of pests and pathogens on forest ecosystems

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1418-1426

  Dietze, Michael C ^a   Matthes, Jaclyn Hatala ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic disturbance; Ecosystem modelling; Forest insects and pathogens; Functional types; Pathogen and insect pathways

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FOREST; HERBIVORY; INSECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; PROCEDURES; TREE; XYLEM;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHLOEM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; TREES; XYLEM;

EID: 84907808462     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12345     Document Type: Article

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