Sudden Oak Death

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This paper discusses how the article entitled, "Sudden Oak Death: Endangering California and Oregon Forest Ecosystems" by David M. Rizzo and Matteo Garbelotto provides a clear and comprehensive overview and assessment of the serious problem of sudden oak death and how it also analyzes in detail the functioning and range of Phytophthora ramorum pathogen in relation to concomitant environmental, ecological and site criteria. The paper then analyzes the article entitled, "Effects of Landscape Heterogeneity on the Emerging Forest Disease Sudden Oak Death" by Condeso et al. and notes how this article, in contrast to the first, is focused on a specific aspect of the problem of the spread of the pathogen P. ramorum and sudden oak death; namely the effect of landscape structure as it relates to the disease.

Outline:
Article one
Introduction
The Problem
Findings
Solutions
Conclusion
Paper 2
Introduction
The Problem
Findings
Solutions
Conclusion
Section Three
Comparison of Articles

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"The article also emphasizes the central concern that the damage that this pathogen causes is intimately linked to the delicate and complex ecological balance in the areas concerned. This in turn relates to the fact that the pathogen also affects other biological entities. In essence one of the central problems is that it has a broad host range and that it also affects "...almost all wood plant species in coastal forests". 1 This aspect has serious implications for the understanding and treatment of the disease, as well as for the range and complexity of its impact on the trees and general ecology. This in turn is also related to the problem of the secondary impact of the disease on other organisms such as insects, which play a vital role in the maintenance of ecological balance. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Rizzo D., Garbelotto M. Sudden oak death: endangering California and Oregon forest ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2003. 1 (4): 198.
• CONDESO T., ROSS K. MEENTEMEYER. Effects of landscape heterogeneity on the emerging forest disease sudden oak death. Journal of Ecology. 2007. 95 (2), 365.

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