Holocene records of Dendroctonus bark beetles in high elevation pine forests of Idaho and Montana, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 836-846

  Brunelle, Andrea ^a   Rehfeldt, Gerald E ^b   Bentz, Barbara ^c   Munson, A Steven ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

8200 year event; Bark beetles; Dendroctonus; Holocene; Macrofossils; Pollen; Whitebark pine

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS;

BARK BEETLES; DENDROCTONUS; HOLOCENE; MACROFOSSILS;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PEST OUTBREAK; RECONSTRUCTION;

CLIMATES; FOSSILS; PINUS ALBICAULIS; POLLEN;

IDAHO; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS ALBICAULIS; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 39049156892     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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