Rating the susceptibility of forests to mountain pine beetle infestations: The impact of data

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2815-2825

  Nelson, T ^a   Boots, B ^b   Wulder, M A ^c   Shore, T ^c   Safranyik, L ^c   Ebata, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISEASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLES; STAND SCALE MODELS; SUSCEPTIBILITY MODELS;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BEETLE; DATA SET; EPIDEMIC; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

DISEASES; INSECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS PONDEROSA; PROBABILITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 34247205355     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-163     Document Type: Article

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