Probability of infestation and extent of mortality associated with the Douglas-fir beetle in the Colorado Front Range

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 71-85

  Negron, Jose F ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetles; Dendroctonus pseudotsugae; Hazard; Risk; Scolytidae

Indexed keywords

DOUGLAS-FIR; DOUGLAS-FIR BEETLE; MORTALITY; PEST INFESTATION; PREDICTION;

USA, COLORADO, FRONT RANGE;

EID: 0032541304     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00319-8     Document Type: Article

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