Emergent insects, pathogens and drought shape changing patterns in oak decline in North America and Europe

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 354, Issue , 2015, Pages 190-205

  Haavik, Laurel J ^a   Billings, Sharon A ^b   Guldin, James M ^c   Stephen, Fred M ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrilus spp; Callus; Carbon balance; Carbon starvation; Climate change; Defoliator; Emergent pest; Enaphalodes rufulus; Fire suppression; Forest decline; Forest succession; Hydraulic failure; Lymantria dispar; Oak borer; Ozark Plateau; Wood borer

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; DYNAMICS; ECONOMICS; FIRE HAZARDS; HARDWOODS;

AGRILUS; CALLUS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON STARVATION; DEFOLIATOR; EMERGENT PEST; ENAPHALODES RUFULUS; FIRE SUPPRESSION; FOREST DECLINE; FOREST SUCCESSION; HYDRAULIC FAILURE; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; OAK BORER; OZARK PLATEAU;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFOLIATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; MOTH; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; TRANSLOCATION;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

AGRILUS; ARMILLARIA; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; PHYTOPHTHORA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 84945451667     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.06.019     Document Type: Review

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