| Title | Regional patterns of increasing Swiss needle cast impacts on Douglas‐fir growth with warming temperatures |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2017 |
| Authors | E. Lee, Henry, Peter A. Beedlow, Ronald S. Waschmann, David T. Tingey, Steven Cline, Michael Bollman, Charlotte Wickham, and Cailie Carlile |
| Secondary Title | Ecology and Evolution |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 24 |
| Pagination | p. 11167-11196 |
| Date Published | 2017, Dec. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | Cascade Head, Douglas-fir = Pseudotsuga menziesii, Western hemlock = Tsuga heterophylla, Phaeocryptopus gaeumanniii, fungus, terrestrial vegetation, climate change, ecosystem health |
| Notes | We don’t know much about the fungal pathogen that causes Swiss needle cast disease in Douglas firs. It is known that the growth of the disease is “strongly correlated with winter and summer temperatures and summer precipitation.” (from the Abstract) Climate change is expected to produce conditions favorable to the pathogen. This paper discusses studies of Douglas fir and western hemlock tree cores from nine sites in western Oregon. Tree ring data was compared to known climatic conditions in order to extrapolate possible scenarios for the spread of Swiss needle cast disease under warmer temperatures. |
| DOI | 10.1002/ece3.3573 |
| Series Title | Ecology and Evolution |
