Multiyear drought-induced morbidity preceding tree death in southeastern U.S. forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 17-23

  Berdanier, Aaron B ^a   Clark, James S ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Drought; Forest; Long term data; Morbidity; Mortality; Piedmont Plateau, North Carolina, USA; Southern Appalachian Mountains, North Carolina, USA; Tree

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONSPECIFIC; DECISION MAKING; DIEBACK; DROUGHT STRESS; FOREST INVENTORY; GROWTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH CAROLINA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CLASSIFICATION; DROUGHT; FOREST; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME FACTOR; TREE;

DROUGHTS; FORESTS; NORTH CAROLINA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 84959487278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/15-0274.1/suppinfo     Document Type: Article

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