Patterns and causes of observed piñon pine mortality in the southwestern United States

New Phytologist

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-97

  Meddens, Arjan J H ^a   Hicke, Jeffrey A ^a   Macalady, Alison K ^b   Buotte, Polly C ^a   Cowles, Travis R ^a   Allen, Craig D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ips confusus; Bark beetle; Drought; Pi on pine; Southwestern USA; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; FORECASTING METHOD; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

UNITED STATES;

IPS CONFUSUS; SCOLYTINAE;

SOIL;

ANIMAL; BEETLE; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT STEM; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; GEOGRAPHY; PINUS; PLANT STEMS; SOIL; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84923397722     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13193     Document Type: Review

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