Resilience of forests to pathogens: An evolutionary ecology perspective

Forestry

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-52

  Ennos, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PATHOGENICITY;

EID: 84922422459     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpu048     Document Type: Review

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