Effects of spruce beetle infestations on berry productivity on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 227, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 247-256

  Suring, Lowell H ^a   Goldstein, Michael I ^b   Howell, Susan ^b   Nations, Christopher S ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c West Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Berry; Dendroctonus rufipennis; Kenai Peninsula; Spruce beetle

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL PLANNING;

DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; KENAI PENINSULA;

SOFTWOODS;

BEAR; BEETLE; BIRD; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE; MAMMAL; SHRUB;

BERRIES; INSECTS; PICEA; PRODUCTIVITY;

ALASKA; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; CORNUS; CORNUS CANADENSIS; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; GEOCAULON; GEOCAULON LIVIDUM; MAMMALIA; PICEA; RUBUS GLAUCUS; RUBUS PEDATUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA;

EID: 33646181783     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.039     Document Type: Article

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