Simulating the impacts of southern pine beetle and fire on the dynamics of xerophytic pine landscapes in the southern Appalachians

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-64

  Waldron, J D ^a   Lafon, C W ^b   Coulson, R N ^b   Cairns, D M ^b   Tchakerian, M D ^b   Birt, A ^b   Klepzig, K D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroctonus frontalis; Forest disturbance; Forest restoration; LANDIS; Landscape modeling; Pinus; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS;

EID: 34547427605     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1402-2001(2007)10[53:STIOSP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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