Exotic Fungus Acts with Natural Disturbance Agents to Alter Whitebark Pine Communities

Olliff ST, Renkin RA, Reinhart DP, Legg KL, Wellington EM. 2013. Exotic Fungus Acts with Natural Disturbance Agents to Alter Whitebark Pine Communities. Pages 236-251. In White P, Garrott RA, Plumb GE (ed). Yellowstone's Wildlife in Transition. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts

This chapter explores two natural or native landscape-scale disturbance agents – natural fire and mountain pine beetles – and one invasive disturbance organism – Cronartium ribicola – and how they act in tandem to affect whitebark pine abundance, distribution, and survival.

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Book Chapter
Authors
Olliff, S.; Renkin, Roy; Reinhart, Daniel; Legg, Kristin; Wellington, Emily
Units
GRYN
Keywords
clark's nutcracker, climate warming, effects, grizzly bear, monitoring, response, status, threats
Subjects
Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Invasive Species | Invasive/Exotic plants , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Infestations and Disease | Insect Pests , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities , Ecological Framework: Landscapes | Fire and Fuel Dynamics | Fire and Fuel Dynamics

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