Mountain pine beetle-induced changes to selected lodgepole pine fuel complexes within the intermountain region

Forest Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 507-518

  Page, Wesley Green ^a   Jenkins, Michael James ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance ecology; Fuels management; Lodgepole pine; Mountain pine beetle

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FUELS;

DISTURBANCE ECOLOGY; FUELS MANAGEMENT; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLES;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGY; FUELS; INSECTS; PINUS CONTORTA;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; HEXAPODA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 34547937702     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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