Tree mortality from fire and bark beetles following early and late season prescribed fires in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 232, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 36-45

  Schwilk, Dylan W ^a   Knapp, Eric E ^b   Ferrenberg, Scott M ^a   Keeley, Jon E ^a,c   Caprio, Anthony C ^d  

^a Western Ecological Research Center   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies; Bark beetle; Dendroctonus; Pinus; Prescribed fire; Scolytus

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FIRES; FUEL CONSUMPTION; MOISTURE;

ABIES; BARK BEETLE; DENDROCTONUS; PINUS; PRESCRIBED FIRE; SCOLYTUS;

FORESTRY;

AIR QUALITY; BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FIRE; FOREST RESOURCE; MORTALITY RISK; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STAND STRUCTURE;

FIRES; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 33746300507     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.036     Document Type: Article

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