The effect of fires on susceptibility of subalpine forests to a 19th century spruce beetle outbreak in western Colorado

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2974-2982

  Kulakowski, Dominik ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FIRE HAZARDS;

DENDROCHRONOLOGICAL METHODS; SPRUCE BEETLE OUTBREAK; SUBALPINE FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PEST OUTBREAK; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; INSECTS; PICEA;

COLORADO; GRAND MESA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII;

EID: 34247228122     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-182     Document Type: Article

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