The Natural Evolutionary Potential of Tree Populations to Cope with Newly Introduced Pests and Pathogens—Lessons Learned From Forest Health Catastrophes in Recent Decades

Current Forestry Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 18-29

  Budde, Katharina B ^a   Nielsen, Lene Rostgaard ^a   Ravn, Hans Peter ^a   Kjær, Erik Dahl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Forest trees; Host resistance; Invasive species; Pathogens; Pests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980451954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21986436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40725-016-0029-9     Document Type: Review

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