Date of Award
Summer 2010
Document Type
Masters Capstone Project
Degree Name
M.S. in Geographic Information Science
Organizational Unit
College of Natural Science and Mathematics, Geography and the Environment
Keywords
Sudden oak death, Risk analysis, Geographic information system (GIS)
Abstract
Sudden Oak Death (SOD), caused by the pathogenic water mold Phytophthora ramorum, has killed hundreds of thousands of oak trees in the California coastal regions, with redwood-tanoak forests being hit the hardest (Shoemaker et al., 2007). The term “sudden oak death” is used to describe the disease, because of how rapidly the pathogen has killed otherwise healthy tanoaks, virtually in a matter of weeks (COMTF 2010). SOD was first reported in California in 1994 and is believed to have originated from infected nursery or ornamental plants, but the source has never been identified (Mascheretti et al. 2008).
Copyright Date
6-1-2010
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
All Rights Reserved.
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Michelle M. Guzdek
Provenance
Received from author
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
60 pgs
File Size
7.6 MB
Recommended Citation
Guzdek, Michelle M., "Determining Heritage Oak Tree Susceptibility to Sudden Oak Death Using GIS Risk Analysis" (2010). Geography and the Environment: Graduate Student Capstones. 6.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/geog_ms_capstone/6
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Geographic Information Sciences Commons, Physical and Environmental Geography Commons, Remote Sensing Commons