University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Open Access Dissertations 5-13-2011 Armillaria in Massachusetts Forests: Ecology, Species Distribution, and Population Structure, with an Emphasis on Mixed Oak Forests Nicholas Justin Brazee University of Massachusetts Amherst,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations Part of the Plant Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Brazee, Nicholas Justin, "Armillaria in Massachusetts Forests: Ecology, Species Distribution, and Population Structure, with an Emphasis on Mixed Oak Forests" (2011). Open Access Dissertations. 402. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/402 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Open Access Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ARMILLARIA IN MASSACHUSETTS FORESTS: ECOLOGY, SPECIES DISTRIBUTION, AND POPULATION STRUCTURE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MIXED OAK FORESTS A Dissertation Presented by NICHOLAS JUSTIN BRAZEE Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY May 2011 Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences i © Copyright by Nicholas Justin Brazee 2011 All Rights Reserved ii ARMILLARIA IN MASSACHUSETTS FORESTS: ECOLOGY, SPECIES DISTRIBUTION, AND POPULATION STRUCTURE,