Spruce beetle outbreaks on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and Kluane National Park and Reserve, Yukon Territory: Relationship to summer temperatures and regional differences in disturbance regimes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 227, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 219-232

  Berg, Edward E ^a   David Henry, J ^b   Fastie, Christopher L ^c   De Volder, Andrew D ^d   Matsuoka, Steven M ^d  

^a Kenai National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Climate warming; Dendroctonus rufipennis; Forest disturbance; Growth release; Spruce beetle; Yukon Territory

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING;

DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; GROWTH RELEASE; SPRUCE BEETLE; YUKON TERRITORY;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; FIRE; FOREST CANOPY; MATURATION; TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA HUMILIS; FORESTRY; PICEA;

ALASKA; CANADA; KENAI PENINSULA; KLUANE NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 33646203829     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.038     Document Type: Article

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