Mapping lodgepole pine stand structure susceptibility to mountain pine beetle attack across the western United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1536-1547

  Hicke, Jeffrey A ^a   Jenkins, Jennifer C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest inventory; Lodgepole pine; Mountain pine beetle; Stand susceptibility; Western United States

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

FOREST INVENTORY; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; STAND SUSCEPTIBILITY;

PEST CONTROL;

AGE CLASS; BEETLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; PEST DAMAGE; PEST OUTBREAK; STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION MAPPING;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; INSECTS; PINUS CONTORTA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 39749181693     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.11.027     Document Type: Article

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