Spatial Pattern of Host Tree Size, Rather than of Host Tree Itself, Affects the Infection Likelihood of a Fungal Stem Disease

• Published in: Biology (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 13; no. 8; p. 616
• Main Authors: Shi, Yanli, Gao, Xinbo, Jiang, Yunxiao, Zhang, Junsheng, Qi, Feng-Hui, Jing, Tian-Zhong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14.08.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Analysis; Epidemiology; Forest management; Forests; Fraxinus mandshurica; Fungal diseases; fungi; generalized linear model; Generalized linear models; Health aspects; Infection; Infections; Inonotus hispidus; meta-analysis; Pathogens; Plant diseases; spatial point pattern analysis; tree and stand measurements; Trees; China; generalized linear model; meta-analysis; Fraxinus mandshurica; spatial point pattern analysis; Inonotus hispidus

The spatial pattern of diseased forest trees is a product of the spatial pattern of host trees and the disease itself. Previous studies have focused on describing the spatial pattern of diseased host trees, and it remains largely unknown whether an antecedent spatial pattern of host/nonhost trees af...