Lodgepole pine forest age class dynamics and susceptibility to mountain pine beetle attack

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 232-239

  Li, Chao ^a   Barclay, Hugh J ^b   Hawkes, Brad C ^b   Taylor, S W ^b  

^a NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fire cycle; Fire regime; Forest age distribution; Lodgepole pine; Mountain pine beetle; SEM LAND model

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 22244473033     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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