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The emerging science of linked plant–fungal invasions by Dickie, Ian A., Bufford, Jennifer L., Cobb, Richard C., Desprez‐Loustau, Marie‐Laure, Grelet, Gwen, Hulme, Philip E., Klironomos, John, Makiola, Andreas, Nuñez, Martin A., Pringle, Anne, Thrall, Peter H., Tourtellot, Samuel G., Waller, Lauren, Williams, Nari M.

“…Invasions of alien plants are typically studied as invasions of individual species, yet interactions between plants and symbiotic fungi (mutualists and…”
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Management of invading pathogens should be informed by epidemiology rather than administrative boundaries by Thompson, Robin N., Cobb, Richard C., Gilligan, Christopher A., Cunniffe, Nik J.

“…•Control of disease should balance the cost of management against its efficacy.•Uniform control throughout administrative regions is almost always…”
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Mortality and community changes drive sudden oak death impacts on litterfall and soil nitrogen cycling by Cobb, Richard C., Eviner, Valerie T., Rizzo, David M.

“…Few studies have quantified pathogen impacts to ecosystem processes, despite the fact that pathogens cause or contribute to regional-scale tree mortality. We…”
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The Magnitude of Regional‐Scale Tree Mortality Caused by the Invasive Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum by Cobb, Richard C., Haas, Sarah E., Kruskamp, Nicholas, Dillon, Whalen W., Swiecki, Tedmund J., Rizzo, David M., Frankel, Susan J., Meentemeyer, Ross K.

“…Forest pathogens are important drivers of tree mortality across the globe, but it is exceptionally challenging to gather and build unbiased quantitative models…”
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Landscape epidemiology and control of pathogens with cryptic and long-distance dispersal: sudden oak death in northern Californian forests by Filipe, João A N, Cobb, Richard C, Meentemeyer, Ross K, Lee, Christopher A, Valachovic, Yana S, Cook, Alex R, Rizzo, David M, Gilligan, Christopher A

“…Exotic pathogens and pests threaten ecosystem service, biodiversity, and crop security globally. If an invasive agent can disperse asymptomatically over long…”
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Efficacy of Chemical and Biological Stump Treatments for the Control of Heterobasidion occidentale Infection of California Abies concolor by Poloni, Adrian L., Garbelotto, Matteo, Lee, Christopher A., Cobb, Richard C.

“…We conducted an experimental evaluation of treatments to limit Heterobasidion occidentale infection of white fir (Abies concolor) stumps and wounds in…”
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Interacting Effects of Global Change on Forest Pest and Pathogen Dynamics by Simler-Williamson, Allison B, Rizzo, David M, Cobb, Richard C

“…Pathogens and insect pests are important drivers of tree mortality and forest dynamics, but global change has rapidly altered or intensified their impacts…”
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The Intertwined Problems of Wildfire, Forest Disease, and Climate Change Interactions by Cobb, Richard C.

“…Purpose of Review I aim to contextualize wildfire-disease interactions with the goal of building a better understanding of where these may be of ecological…”
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Modeling when, where, and how to manage a forest epidemic, motivated by sudden oak death in California by Cunniffe, Nik J., Cobb, Richard C., Meentemeyer, Ross K., Rizzo, David M., Gilligan, Christopher A.

“…Sudden oak death, caused by Phytophthora ramorum, has killed millions of oak and tanoak in California since its first detection in 1995. Despite some localized…”
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Forecasting and control of emerging infectious forest disease through participatory modelling by Gaydos, Devon A, Petrasova, Anna, Cobb, Richard C, Meentemeyer, Ross K

“…Epidemiological models are powerful tools for evaluating scenarios and visualizing patterns of disease spread, especially when comparing intervention…”
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Litter Chemistry, Community Shift, and Non-additive Effects Drive Litter Decomposition Changes Following Invasion by a Generalist Pathogen by Cobb, Richard C., Rizzo, David M.

“…Forest pathogens have strong potential to shape ecosystem function by altering litterfall, microclimate, and changing community structure. We quantified…”
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Species shift drives decomposition rates following invasion by hemlock woolly adelgid by Cobb, Richard C.

“…Insect and disease outbreak is an important cause of selective species removal and accompanying functional change in North American forests. Outbreak of…”
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Changes to relative stand composition after almost 50 years of Heterobasidion root disease in California true fir and pine forests by Flores, D. Alexander, Poloni, Adrian L., Frankel, Susan J., Cobb, Richard C.

“…The Agaricomycete Heterobasidion annosum sensu lato (s.l.), a species complex of fungal pathogens, causes root and butt rot on conifers throughout the northern…”
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Wildfire and forest disease interaction lead to greater loss of soil nutrients and carbon by Cobb, Richard C., Meentemeyer, Ross K., Rizzo, David M.

“…Fire and forest disease have significant ecological impacts, but the interactions of these two disturbances are rarely studied. We measured soil C, N, Ca, P,…”
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Apparent competition in canopy trees determined by pathogen transmission rather than susceptibility by Cobb, Richard C., Meentemeyer, Ross K., Rizzo, David M.

“…Epidemiological theory predicts that asymmetric transmission, susceptibility, and mortality within a community will drive pathogen and disease dynamics. These…”
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The phenology–substrate-match hypothesis explains decomposition rates of evergreen and deciduous oak leaves by Pearse, Ian S., Cobb, Richard C., Karban, Richard

“…1. There is substantial evidence that the rate of litter decomposition is affected by the match between the litter substrate and the soil matrix (decomposer…”
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Promise and Pitfalls of Endemic Resistance for Cultural Resources Threatened by Phytophthora ramorum by Cobb, Richard C, Ross, Noam, Hayden, Katherine J, Eyre, Catherine A, Dodd, Richard S, Frankel, Susan J, Garbelotto, Matteo, Rizzo, David M

“…Invasive forest pathogens can harm cultural, economic, and ecological resources. Here, we demonstrate the potential of endemic tree pathogen resistance in…”
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Ecosystem transformation by emerging infectious disease: loss of large tanoak from California forests by Cobb, Richard C., Filipe, João A. N., Meentemeyer, Ross K., Gilligan, Christopher A., Rizzo, David M.

“…1. Few pathogens are the sole or primary cause of species extinctions, but forest disease has caused spectacular declines in North American overstorey trees…”
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Tangible geospatial modeling for collaborative solutions to invasive species management by Tonini, Francesco, Shoemaker, Douglas, Petrasova, Anna, Harmon, Brendan, Petras, Vaclav, Cobb, Richard C., Mitasova, Helena, Meentemeyer, Ross K.

“…Managing landscape-scale environmental problems, such as biological invasions, can be facilitated by integrating realistic geospatial models with user-friendly…”
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Ecosystem dynamics and management after forest die‐off: a global synthesis with conceptual state‐and‐transition models by Cobb, Richard C., Ruthrof, Katinka X., Breshears, David D., Lloret, Francisco, Aakala, Tuomas, Adams, Henry D., Anderegg, William R. L., Ewers, Brent E., Galiano, Lucía, Grünzweig, José M., Hartmann, Henrik, Huang, Cho‐ying, Klein, Tamir, Kunert, Norbert, Kitzberger, Thomas, Landhäusser, Simon M., Levick, Shaun, Preisler, Yakir, Suarez, Maria L., Trotsiuk, Volodymyr, Zeppel, Melanie J. B.

“…Broad‐scale forest die‐off associated with drought and heat has now been reported from every forested continent, posing a global‐scale challenge to forest…”
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