Observed and anticipated impacts of drought on forest insects and diseases in the United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 380, Issue , 2016, Pages 321-334

  Kolb, Thomas E ^a   Fettig, Christopher J ^b   Ayres, Matthew P ^c   Bentz, Barbara J ^d   Hicke, Jeffrey A ^e   Mathiasen, Robert ^a   Stewart, Jane E ^f   Weed, Aaron S ^g  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^f Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^g NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Forest health; Forest insects; Forest pathogens; Herbivory

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EARTH (PLANET); PATHOGENS;

DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; DROUGHT INTENSITIES; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST INSECTS; FOREST PATHOGENS; HERBIVORY; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFOLIATION; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DROUGHT STRESS; FOREST HEALTH; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; HERBIVORY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; PEST OUTBREAK;

UNITED STATES;

DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; HEXAPODA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84969951656     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.04.051     Document Type: Article

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