Range-wide conservation of Pinus aristata: a genetic collection with ecological context for proactive management today and resources for tomorrow

New Forests

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 181-199

  Schoettle, Anna W ^a   Coop, Jonathan D ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b WESTERN STATE COLORADO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ex situ conservation; Five needle pine; In situ conservation; Proactive management; White pine blister rust

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; PATHOGENS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REFORESTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; EX SITU; FIVE-NEEDLE PINE; FOREST HEALTH ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT; SEEDLING REGENERATION; WHITE PINE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROUND COVER; POPULATION SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGENERATION; RUST DISEASE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STAND STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; VULNERABILITY; WARMING;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PINUS ARISTATA; PRECIPITATION;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; HEXAPODA; PINUS ARISTATA;

EID: 85012241723     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-017-9570-z     Document Type: Article

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