Regeneration of virginia pine (Pinus virginiana) following southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis) outbreak in the Sipsey Wilderness, Alabama

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 212, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 65-74

  Duncan, R Scot ^a   Linhoss, John E ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest succession; Management; Pinus virginiana; Regeneration; Seedling ecology; Southern pine beetle; Wilderness areas

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; INSECT CONTROL; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION;

BEETLE-KILLED STANDS; EXPOSED SOIL; HARDWOOD FORESTS; MATURE FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; PEST OUTBREAK; REGENERATION; SUCCESSION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST LITTER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INSECTS; LEAVES; PINUS VIRGINIANA; SAPLINGS; SOIL; SUN LIGHT;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 20444417452     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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