Mountain pine beetle attack in ponderosa pine: Comparing methods for rating susceptibility

USDA Forest Service - Research Paper RMRS-RP

Volumn , Issue 26 RMRS-RP, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Chojnacky, David C ^a   Bentz, Barbara J ^b,c   Logan, Jesse A ^a,c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Interior West Bark Beetle Project   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado Plateau; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Hazard rating; Logistic regression; Mortality; Pinus ponderosa; Risk rating

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LOGISTICS; MORTALITY;

COLORADO PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS MUGO; PINUS PONDEROSA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 41249087819     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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