Predicting postfire Douglas-fir beetle attacks and tree mortality in the northern Rocky Mountains

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1058-1069

  Hood, Sharon ^a   Bentz, Barbara ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCKS;

CAMBIUM INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSES; PERCENT CROWN VOLUME SCORCHED; TREE MORTALITY;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; INJURY; MORTALITY; PEST DAMAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

FIRES; FORESTRY; INSECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCK;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PSEUDOTSUGAE; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 34548735519     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-313     Document Type: Article

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