Cross-scale drivers of natural disturbances prone to anthropogenic amplification: The dynamics of bark beetle eruptions

BioScience

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 501-517

  Raffa, Kenneth F ^a   Aukema, Brian H ^b   Bentz, Barbara J ^c   Carroll, Allan L ^d   Hicke, Jeffrey A ^e   Turner, Monica G ^a   Romme, William H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^f Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic change; Forest management; Landscape disturbance; Plant insect interactions; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 45849137124     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B580607     Document Type: Review

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