Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Origin of this book -- Forest pathology in the era of genomics -- Application of molecular genetic tools to studies of forest pathosystems -- Assessing forest-pathogen interactions at the population level -- Population genetics of bark beetles and their associated blue-stain fungi with the use of molecular markers -- Invasion and naturalization of terrestrial ecosystems by a host-dependent microbes -- molecular analysis of fungal pathogenesis in forest pathogens -- Sapstain in trees, logs and lumber: fungi, pigment, and pigment biosynthetic pathways -- Transgenic approaches to increase pathogen disease resistance in forest trees: a case study with poplar -- Operational uses of disease resistance in conifer -- Tree improvement programs -- Forest disease impacts on wildlife: beneficial? -- Impacts of diseases and other disturbances on non-timber forest resources: a case study involving small mammals -- Characterizing regional forest health and sustainability: a case study using diameter distributions, baseline mortality, and cumulative liabilities -- Exotic ecosystems: where root disease is not a beneficial component of temperate conifer forests -- Use of spatial statistics in assessing forest diseases -- Patterns in diseased landscapes: a case study of a lodgepole pine forest infected by dwarf mistletoe -- Landscape pathology: forest pathology in the era of landscape ecology -- Forest pathology in the era of integration and synergy -- Subject index -- Scientific names index.