Effects of ice storms, southern pine beetle infestation, and fire on table mountain pine forests of Southwestern Virginia

Physical Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 502-519

  Lafon, Charles W ^a   Kutac, Martin J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian Mountains; Dendroctonus frontalis; Disturbance; Freezing rain; Ice storm; Pinus pungens

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DEFORESTATION; ICE STORM; PEST DAMAGE; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS; DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS MUGO; PINUS PUNGENS;

EID: 4143064654     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.24.6.502     Document Type: Article

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