The effects of mechanical fuel reduction treatments on the activity of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) infesting ponderosa pine

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 230, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 55-68

  Fettig, Christopher J ^a   McMillin, Joel D ^b   Anhold, John A ^b   Hamud, Shakeeb M ^a   Borys, Robert R ^a   Dabney, Christopher P ^a   Seybold, Steven J ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chipping; Dendroctonus brevicomis; Dendroctonus valens; Lop and scattering; Monoterpenes; Pinus ponderosa; Scolytidae; Slash management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

BARK BEETLES; DENDROCTONUS BREVICOMIS; DENDROCTONUS VALENS; LOP-AND-SCATTERING; SLASH MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

BARK; BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISPERSION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; MORTALITY RISK; SUCCESSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATES; FORESTRY; INTERFACES; PINUS PONDEROSA;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS ADJUNCTUS; DENDROCTONUS BREVICOMIS; DENDROCTONUS VALENS; IPS; IPS LECONTEI; IPS PARACONFUSUS; IPS PINI; PINUS MUGO; PINUS PONDEROSA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 33745191639     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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