Complex disease

Complex disease is a term for diseases with various causes, which is mainly used in the field of phytopathology . In the field of medicine, the term complex (medicine) or "disease complex " is preferred.

Complex diseases are particularly characterized by the fact that several factors contribute to the causes of the diseases and their consequential damage. These factors include, for example, environmental pollution and climate change . The globalization as a factor of anthropogenic causes favored the spread of invasive species .

See also

• Diseases of the Maritime Pine
• Diseases of the pine tree
• Phytophthora ramorum (disease of oaks)
• Olive tree dying
• Fir dying
• Dutch elm disease

literature

• Peter Schütt : Das Tannensterben , Forstwissenschaftliches Centralblatt 93, 1977, pages 177 to 186.
• Fritz Schwerdtfeger : The forest diseases. A textbook of forest pathology and forest protection. Paul Parey, Hamburg et al. 1981, ISBN 3-490-09116-7
• Thomas Wohlgemuth, Anke Jentsch, Rupert Seidl: Störungsökologie , ISBN 978-3-8252-5018-8

Web links

• Complex diseases at waldwissen.net