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Did climatic warming trigger the onset and development of yellow‐cedar decline in southeast Alaska *
Author(s) -
Hen P. E.,
Shaw C. G.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
european journal of forest pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1439-0329
pISSN - 0300-1237
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0329.1994.tb00833.x
Subject(s) - chamaecyparis , abiotic component , ecology , global warming , biotic component , geography , climate change , forestry , biology , botany
Yellow cedar ( Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ) is a valuable tree species that is experiencing an extensive forest decline on over 2 ha of unmanaged forest in southeast Alaska. Biotic factors appear secondary and some abiotic factor is probably the primary cause of this naturally occurring decline. A warming climate, which coincided with the onset of extensive tree mortality about 100 years ago, may have triggered one of the possible abiotic causes such as freezing damage and/or soil toxicity.