Tree disease and pest epidemics in the Anthropocene: A review of the drivers, impacts and policy responses in the UK

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 79, Issue , 2017, Pages 61-68

  Potter, Clive ^a   Urquhart, Julie ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Global trade; Tree pests and diseases

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ANTHROPOCENE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOREST LANDSCAPE; GLOBAL TRADE; HUMAN INFLUENCES; HUMAN NATURE; PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM; POLICY MAKERS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 85002676062     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.06.024     Document Type: Article

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