Forest health impacts of bark beetles, dwarf mistletoe, and blister rust in a Lake Tahoe Basin mixed conifer stand

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 562-571

  Walker, R F ^a   Fecko, R M ^a   Frederick, W B ^a   Johnson, D W ^a   Miller, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Dwarf mistletoe; Fir engraver beetle; Forest health; Jeffrey pine; Jeffrey pine beetle; Mountain pine beetle; Red turpentine beetle; Sugar pine; White fir; White pine blister rust; Wildfire fuel

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES CONCOLOR LOWIANA; ABIES GRANDIS; ALNUS; ALNUS TENUIFOLIA; ARCEUTHOBIUM ABIETINUM; ARCEUTHOBIUM CAMPYLOPODUM; ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM; CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; DENDROCTONUS JEFFREYI; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; DENDROCTONUS VALENS; LIBOCEDRUS; PINUS JEFFREYI; PINUS LAMBERTIANA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE; SCOLYTUS VENTRALIS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 38549144961     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2007)67[562:FHIOBB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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