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Effects of Temperature and Drought Stress on Physiological Processes Associated With Oak Decline

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The Productivity and Sustainability of Southern Forest Ecosystems in a Changing Environment

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 128))

Abstract

Oak decline is a term used to describe a sequence of events (decline syndrome) which is typically triggered by an abiotic stress and subsequently involves other biotic and abiotic factors that cause the progressive deterioration and eventual death of a tree. Decline diseases lack a single causal agent, and in that way are different from diseases caused by one pathogen or by a single abiotic injury. Decline and premature death of oaks in the oak-dominated eastern deciduous forests have been documented in at least twenty-six separate reports over the past 140 years (Amrnon et al., 1989).

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  1. ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc., Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA

    Robert A. Mickler

  2. USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA

    Susan Fox

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Leininger, T.D. (1998). Effects of Temperature and Drought Stress on Physiological Processes Associated With Oak Decline. In: Mickler, R.A., Fox, S. (eds) The Productivity and Sustainability of Southern Forest Ecosystems in a Changing Environment. Ecological Studies, vol 128. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2178-4_35

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