Influences of secondary disturbances on lodgepole pine stand development in Rocky Mountain National Park

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1638-1655

  Sibold, Jason S ^a,b   Veblen, Thomas T ^a   Chipko, Kathryn ^a   Lawson, Lauren ^a   Mathis, Emily ^a   Scott, Jared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies lasiocarpa; Blowdown; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Mountain pine beetle; Picea engelmannii; Pinus contorta; Secondary disturbance; Subalpine forest; Surface fire

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; MITIGATION; RECONSTRUCTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; STAND DYNAMICS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; THINNING;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

ABIES; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; COLORADO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; PINUS; TREES;

EID: 38449114455     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0907.1     Document Type: Article

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